Hospital mortality in acute coronary syndrome: differences related to gender and use of percutaneous coronary procedures.

Background: To identify differences among men and women with acute coronary syndrome in terms of in-hospital mortality, and to assess whether these differences are related to the use of percutaneous cardiovascular procedures.

Methods: Observational study based on the Minimum Basic Data Set. This encompassed all episodes of emergency hospital admissions (46,007 cases, including 16,391 women and 29,616 men) with a main diagnosis of either myocardial infarction or unstable angina at 32 hospitals within the Andalusian Public Health System over a four-year period (2000-2003).

[Differences between women's and men's access to interventional cardiovascular procedures at public hospitals in Andalusia (Spain)].

Introduction And Objectives: The aim of this study was to determine whether there are differences between women's and men's access to coronary revascularization procedures for acute coronary syndrome in Andalusia, Spain.

Methods: This observational multicenter study was based on the Andalusian Minimum Basic Data Set (CMBDA). The study included all hospitalizations at public hospitals in the period 2000-2003 that involved emergency admission and in which the principal diagnosis was acute myocardial infarction or unstable angina.