Heart Surgery

Women at greater risk of leg infection after heart surgery than men

Published in Women's Health Weekly, November 25th, 2004

Women who undergo heart surgery have a greater risk of developing an infection of the wound made in the leg where veins are harvested than do men undergoing the same procedure, researchers report.

Several previous studies have suggested that women have a higher risk of surgical wound infections after heart surgery. Since it is known that women are treated less aggressively for heart disease than men, an important question is whether differences in risk of infection are seen simply because the women who actually get heart surgery have more medical problems that predispose them to infections than men who get heart surgery.

A group of researchers in...

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Source: Women's Health Weekly (2004-11-25)

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