Gender-related clinical and management differences in patients with chronic heart failure with reduced ejection fraction.
Umut KocabasTarık KıvrakGülsüm Meral Yılmaz ÖztekinVeysel Ozan Tanikİbrahim ÖzdemirErsin KayaElif İlkay YüceFulya Avcı DemirMustafa DoğduşMeltem AltınsoySongül ÜstündağFerhat ÖzyurtluUğur KaragözAlper KarakuşOrsan Deniz UrgunÜmit Yaşar Sinanİnan MutluTaner ŞenMehmet Ali AstarcıoğluMustafa KınıkÖzge Özden TokBegüm UygurMehtap YeniBahadır AlanOnur DalgıçHakan AltaySeçkin PehlivanoğluPublished in: International journal of clinical practice (2020)
In summary, although management seemed to be equivalent between genders, women tended to present with more symptoms, require hospitalisation more frequently and have different comorbidities than men. These results highlight the importance of gender-related differences in HFrEF and call for further research to clarify the causes of these disparities. Gender-specific recommendations should be included in future guidelines in HFrEF.