Gender differences in coronary plaque characteristics in patients with stable angina: a virtual histology intravascular ultrasound study.

The purpose of this study was to compare culprit coronary plaque characteristics between female and male patients with stable angina using virtual histology intravascular ultrasound (VH-IVUS). The target population consisted of three hundred and sixty-four consecutive patients with stable angina who underwent percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) after VH-IVUS. The baseline characteristics and VH-IVUS results were compared between 72 female and 292 male patients.