P5.21 PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTIONS OF CHRONIC TOTAL OCCLUSIONS: GENDER DIFFERENCES – SINGLE CENTER EXPERIENCE

Background: Little is known about gender differences among patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for chronic total occlusion (CTO). Methods: A total of 242 patients underwent 255 procedures PCI of CTO in our center between January 2011 and January 2015. Demographic data, procedural differences and success rate beetwen genders was compared. Result: Among 242 treated patients 16,9% (n=41) were women. Women were older than men (67.8±8.4 vs.61.3±9.0, p