Longitudinal Outcomes of Patients with Aortic Stenosis Stratified by Sex: An Asian Perspective.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Severe aortic stenosis (AS) stratified by sex has been increasingly studied in the European population. Sex-specific outcomes in Asian patients with AS remain poorly defined. Hence, we aimed to study the clinical characteristics and impact of sex in moderate-to-severe AS, undergoing both invasive and conservative interventions in an Asian cohort over 10 years.

Methods

Consecutive data with echocardiographic diagnoses of AS were stratified according to gender in a tertiary academic center between 2011 and 2021. Demographics, comorbidities, and clinical outcomes were compared.

Results

Seven hundred and three (703) patients were included (56%, n = 397 were female). Calcific AS was the dominant etiology in both genders. Females had higher incidences of a

SUBMITTER: Ong JYS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11766203 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature