Sex Difference and Outcome after Percutaneous Intervention in Patients with Chronic Total Occlusion: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Highlights
- • First systematicreview and meta analysis to address PCI success rate and adverse outscomes in CTO patients between male and female.
- • Gender difference is not an independent risk factor for MACE or successful procedure in CTO patients who underwent PCI.
- • Future studies should be directed at assessing sex differences and clinical outcomes in a randomized fashioned.
Abstract
Background
Recent studies suggest that sex difference is an outcome predictor in chronic total occlusion (CTO) patients who are undergoing percutaneous intervention (PCI). However, a systematic review and meta-analysis of the literature have not been done. We assessed the outcome of PCI in CTO between male and female.