The influence of gender on the outcome of coronary artery bypass surgery Dan Abramov, MD, Miguel G Tamariz, MD, Jeri Y Sever, George T Christakis, MD, Gopal Bhatnagar, MD, Amie L Heenan, Bernard S Goldman, MD, Stephen E Fremes, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 70, Issue 3, Pages 800-805 (September 2000) DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(00)01563-0
Fig 1 Percentage of female patients undergoing CABG surgery, expressed as a percentage of total CABG cases per year. Over the past decade, the relative number of women undergoing the procedure has increase progressively. (CABG = coronary artery bypass graft) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2000 70, 800-805DOI: (10.1016/S0003-4975(00)01563-0)
Fig 2 Percentage of male or female patients older then 70 years undergoing CABG. For each of the later years of the study, approximately 35% of female patients were elderly, compared with less then 25% of men. (CABG, coronary artery bypass graft) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2000 70, 800-805DOI: (10.1016/S0003-4975(00)01563-0)
Fig 3 Comparison of female and male study patients’ body surface area. Female patients were significantly smaller then male patients, according to body surface area calculations. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2000 70, 800-805DOI: (10.1016/S0003-4975(00)01563-0)
Fig 4 Recurrent angina, depicted in an actuarial manner, was more frequent in the female than in the male cohort. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2000 70, 800-805DOI: (10.1016/S0003-4975(00)01563-0)
Fig 5 Actuarial survival of female patients was nonsignificantly greater than male patients 5 years postoperatively. Both early and late deaths were included in the calculations. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2000 70, 800-805DOI: (10.1016/S0003-4975(00)01563-0)
Fig 6 Freedom from death or myocardial infarction (including early and late death or myocardial infarction) was nonsignificantly greater in men at 5 years following surgery. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2000 70, 800-805DOI: (10.1016/S0003-4975(00)01563-0)