[Sex differences in incidence of mortality after acute myocardial infarction].

Background: Previous studies have indicated that the mortality after acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is higher among women than among men. However, whether this difference is attributable to the older age of the women studied or to the presence of other unfavorable prognostic factors remains unclear.

Methods: This retrospective study compares the clinical features, management and 30-day outcome in men and women from a consecutive, unselected series of 878 patients with AMI (225 women, 25.