Gender differences in characteristics and outcomes in heart failure patients referred for end-stage treatment.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

Despite signals from clinical trials and mechanistic studies implying different resilience to heart failure (HF) depending on gender, the impact of gender on presentation and outcomes in patients with HF remains unclear. This study assessed the impact of gender on clinical presentation and outcomes in patients with HF referred to a specialised tertiary HF service.

Methods and results

Consecutive patients with HF referred to a specialised tertiary HF service offering advanced therapy options including left ventricular assist devices (LVAD) and heart transplantation were prospectively enrolled from August 2015 until March 2018. We assessed clinical characteristics at baseline and performed survival analyses and age-adjusted Cox regression analyses in men vs. women for all

SUBMITTER: Fluschnik N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8712844 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature