Relationship of female sex to outcomes after myocardial infarction with persistent total occlusion of the infarct artery: Analysis of the Occluded Artery Trial (OAT)

Women in OAT had a higher primary end point event rate than did men, mainly driven by heart failure. Female sex was not independently associated with death or MI in this well-defined cohort with comparable extent of coronary artery disease, similar medical therapy, and equivalent left ventricular ejection fraction by sex.