Sex differences in guideline adherence for coronary angiography in patients with suspected chronic coronary syndrome in Germany: insights from the ENLIGHT-KHK trial.
Hannah Kentenich, Arim Shukri, Dirk Müller, Bastian Wein, Oliver Bruder, Stephanie Stock, Yana Kampfer
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Abstract
Background: For the management of acute coronary syndrome, literature shows lower healthcare providers' guideline adherence for women than for men. Since less is known about the management of chronic coronary syndrome (CCS), this study investigated patient-related sex differences in providers' guideline adherence for invasive coronary angiography (CA) performed in patients with suspected CCS.
Methods: Using data from the German ENLIGHT-KHK trial, patients with suspected CCS who underwent a CA were analysed. To assess the association between patient sex and physicians' adherence to the German National Disease Management Guideline "Chronic coronary artery disease" of 2019, binary logistic regression models were developed. Covariates included age, symptoms, risk factors, comorbidities, and non-invasive testing and its results. To examine sex differences in predictors of guideline adherence, models were run separately for women and men.
Results: Two hundred seventy-three women and three hundred eighty-six men were included (aged 67 ± 10 years). Physicians' guideline adherence for CA was lower for women than for men (19.4% vs. 30.1%, p = 0.002). CAs were less likely to be guideline-adherent for women with suspected CCS than men (OR 0.4, p < 0.05). Guideline adherence predictors differed between women and men. For example, men's predictors included non-invasive testing and its results, age, typical angina and smoking; of these, only a positive non-invasive test result had an impact for women.
Conclusion: Our results indicate a less guideline-adherent diagnostic workup of CA for women with suspected CCS than men. This might reflect a limited awareness of CCS in women and insufficiently sex-specific guideline recommendations.
Trial registration: German Clinical Trials Register DRKS00015638, Registered February 19, 2019; Universal Trial Number (UTN): U1111-1227-8055.
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Clinical Research in Cardiology is an international journal for clinical cardiovascular research. It provides a forum for original and review articles as well as critical perspective articles. Articles are only accepted if they meet stringent scientific standards and have undergone peer review. The journal regularly receives articles from the field of clinical cardiology, angiology, as well as heart and vascular surgery.
As the official journal of the German Cardiac Society, it gives a current and competent survey on the diagnosis and therapy of heart and vascular diseases.
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