All other data, particularly mortality statistics, were taken from the official Annual Health Statistics for the state of Tyrol and the Coronary Register. The tables were analyzed with the chi-square test for independence. We again see a decreasing percentage of VVI and DDD in female patients. These data show that it is more difficult for women to obtain access to pacemaker therapy and it is also more difficult for women to receive a DDD-PM, although more women than men die a cardiac death in our country. For 1994, we found a marked gender difference in pacemaker therapy.
Men generally have a better chance of receiving a PM than do women.
Explantations for gender difference in pacemaker therapy may include sex and age discrimination, social aspects and cost. Symptom, ECG Indications, Aetiology 1. G2 Ventricular tachycardia G3 Paroxysmal VF 3. Subjective symptoms and well-being differ in women and men after myocardial infarction. Europ Heart J .