Sex-based differences in ischemic cardiovascular and bleeding outcomes following implantation of drug-eluting stent in patients at high bleeding risk

Chao-Feng Lin; Chia-Ling Tsai; Ya-Hui Chang; Dai-Yi Lin; Li-Nien Chien

doi:10.1016/j.hjc.2024.01.001

Sex-based differences in ischemic cardiovascular and bleeding outcomes following implantation of drug-eluting stent in patients at high bleeding risk

Hellenic J Cardiol. 2024 Jan 12:S1109-9666(24)00001-0. doi: 10.1016/j.hjc.2024.01.001. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Chao-Feng Lin¹, Chia-Ling Tsai², Ya-Hui Chang³, Dai-Yi Lin², Li-Nien Chien⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, MacKay Medical College, New Taipei City, Taiwan; Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, MacKay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
² Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, MacKay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
³ Department of Medicine, MacKay Medical College, New Taipei City, Taiwan; Department of Pharmacy, MacKay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
⁴ Institute of Health and Welfare Policy, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan. Electronic address: linien.chien@nycu.edu.tw.

PMID: 38218375
DOI: 10.1016/j.hjc.2024.01.001

Abstract

Background: Patients with high bleeding risk (HBR) may exhibit uncertain adherence to dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) following drug-eluting stent (DES) implantation. The current population-based cohort study aimed to investigate the sex-based differences in adverse outcomes among the HBR population by analyzing the National Health Insurance Research Database in Taiwan.

Methods: Patients who had HBR features defined by the Academic Research Consortium (ARC) and received DES implantation between January 1, 2007, and December 31, 2017, were enrolled. Propensity score matching was adopted to select 3,981 pairs with similar clinical cardiovascular risks but different sexes. A competing risk model was performed to evaluate the risk of adverse ischemic events (cardiac death, nonfatal myocardial infarction, and ischemic stroke) and any bleeding events in both sexes. Noncardiac death was considered a competing risk.

Results: Within a 5-year follow-up, the incidence rates (per 1,000 person-year (95% confidence interval (CI)) of composite ischemic events and any bleeding events in males were respectively 44.09 (40.25-48.30) and 42.55 (38.79-46.68), while those in females were respectively 40.18 (36.51-44.23) and 42.35 (38.57-46.51). After adjustment for clinical variables, male patients had a marginally increased risk in the composite ischemic events (adjusted subdistribution hazard ratio (SHR) = 1.15 (1.00-1.31), p = 0.045) and a similar risk of any bleeding events (adjusted SHR = 1.00 (0.88-1.15), p = 0.946) compared with female patients.

Conclusions: Of the HBR population, males had an increased risk of ischemic outcomes but a similar risk of bleeding compared with females following DES implantation.

Keywords: Drug-eluting stent; Dual antiplatelet therapy; High bleeding risk; Sex-based differences.