Cardiac microstructural alterations measured by echocardiography identify sex-specific risk for heart failure.
Alan C KwanEmmanuella DemosthenesGerran SaltoDavid OuyangTrevor NguyenChike C NwabuoEric LuongAmy HoangEwa OsypiukPlamen StantchevElizabeth H KimPranoti HiremathDebiao LiRamachandran VasanVanessa XanthakisSusan C ChengPublished in: Heart (British Cardiac Society) (2022)
Cardiac microstructural alterations are associated with elevated risk for HF, particularly in women. Microstructural alteration may identify sex-specific pathways by which individuals progress from risk factors to clinical HF.