Sex-Specific Management in Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction and Cardiogenic Shock: A Substudy of the CULPRIT-SHOCK Trial.

Abstract

BACKGROUND:

Women are more likely to suffer and die from cardiogenic shock (CS) as the most severe complication of acute myocardial infarction. Data concerning optimal management for women with CS are scarce. Aim of this study was to better define characteristics of women experiencing CS and to the influence of sex on different treatment strategies.

METHODS:

In the CULPRIT-SHOCK trial (The Culprit Lesion Only PCI Versus Multivessel PCI in Cardiogenic Shock), patients with CS complicating acute myocardial infarction and multivessel coronary artery disease were randomly assigned to one of the following revascularization strategies: either percutaneous coronary intervention of the culprit-lesion-only or immediate multivessel percutaneous coronary intervention. Primary end point was composite of death from any cause or severe renal failure leading to renal replacement therapy within 30 days. We investigated sex-specific differences in general and according to the revascularization strategies.

RESULTS:

Among all 686 randomized patients included in the analysis, 24% were women. Women were older and had more often diabetes mellitus and renal insufficiency, whereas they had less often history of previous acute myocardial infarction and smoking. After 30 days, the primary clinical end point was not significantly different between groups (56% women versus 49% men; odds ratio, 1.29 [95% CI, 0.91-1.84]; P=0.15). There was no interaction between sex and coronary revascularization strategy regarding mortality and renal failure (Pinteraction=0.11). The primary end point occurred in 56% of women treated by the culprit-lesion-only strategy versus 42% men, whereas 55% of women and 55% of men in the multivessel percutaneous coronary intervention group.

CONCLUSIONS:

Although women presented with a different risk profile, mortality and renal replacement were similar to men. Sex did not influence mortality and renal failure according to the different coronary revascularization strategies. Based on these data, women and men presenting with CS complicating acute myocardial infarction and multivessel coronary artery disease should not be treated differently. However, further randomized trials powered to address potential sex-specific differences in CS are still necessary. Registration: URL: https://www.clinicaltrials.gov; Unique identifier: NCT01927549.

• Authors: Maria Rubini Gimenez, Uwe Zeymer, Steffen Desch, Suzanne de Waha-Thiele, Taoufik Ouarrak, Janine Poess, Roza Meyer-Saraei, Steffen Schneider, Georg Fuernau, Janina Stepinska, Kurt Huber, Stephan Windecker, Gilles Montalescot, Stefano Savonitto, Raban V Jeger, Holger Thiele
• Journal: Circulation. Cardiovascular interventions (Circ Cardiovasc Interv) Vol. 13 Issue 3 Pg. e008537 (03 2020) ISSN: 1941-7632 [Electronic] United States
• PMID: 32151161 (Publication Type: Comparative Study, Journal Article, Multicenter Study, Randomized Controlled Trial, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)

Topics

• Aged
• Aged, 80 and over
• Female
• Health Status Disparities
• Healthcare Disparities
• Humans
• Male
• Myocardial Infarction (complications, mortality, therapy)
• Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (adverse effects, instrumentation, mortality)
• Renal Dialysis
• Renal Insufficiency (etiology, mortality, therapy)
• Risk Assessment
• Risk Factors
• Sex Factors
• Shock, Cardiogenic (etiology, mortality, therapy)
• Stents
• Time Factors
• Treatment Outcome