• Press Room

    SCAI Women in Innovations can provide unique access to real women living with heart disease, experts on the topic of gender-based disparities in cardiovascular research, female interventionalists recognized as experts in the field, and more. For more information or to arrange an interview, please contact:

    Kathy Boyd David
    SCAI
    717-422-1181
    kbdavid@scai.org 

  • Recent News Releases

    February 17, 2012

    WIN Announces Partnership with Stent for Life

    The Women in Innovations (WIN) initiative announces its official affiliation with the Stent for Life initiative in Europe, marking progress towards global mission.
    February 16, 2012

    WIN TAVI Registry Is the Talk of JIM

    WIN's proposed data registry for female patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) was a topic of much discussion at the Joint Interventional Meeting (JIM) in Rome last week.
    December 13, 2011

    SCAI WIN–ACC Forum Brings Leaders Together Around Health Disparities in Women with Heart Disease

    Leaders in heart disease treatment gathered in Washington, DC, last week to discuss gender disparities in women with heart disease and how the efforts of physicians, trialists, and patient, regulatory and industry groups can be harnessed to improve treatment outcomes in women.
    December 01, 2011

    WIN Considers European TAVR Registry for Female Patients

    WIN leadership is considering the development of a European TAVR registry for female patients. In order to determine if such a registry would be successful, WIN is asking its European members to complete a brief survey.
    October 20, 2011

    Women Undergoing PCI Display Greater Number of Co-Morbidities than Men, Female Gender Not an Independent Predictor of Mortality Post-PCI

    New research shows that women undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), also known as angioplasty, exhibit more co-morbidities and cardiovascular risk factors than men. Risk-adjusted analyses have now indicated that, in the contemporary era, gender is not an independent mortality predictor following PCI according to the study now available in Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions, a journal published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI).