Comparable outcomes between genders in patients undergoing surgical ventricular reconstruction for ischaemic heart failure.
Serenella CastelvecchioValentina MilaniMarianna VolpeMichele CitarellaFederico AmbrogiSara BoveriGuglielmo SaittoAndrea GarattiLorenzo A MenicantiPublished in: ESC heart failure (2020)
In this study, long-term outcomes for women and men with ischaemic HF undergoing complex cardiac surgery were equivalent. Albeit older and more symptomatic, women should not be denied this type of cardiac surgery.
Keyphrases
- cardiac surgery
- heart failure
- acute kidney injury
- polycystic ovary syndrome
- patients undergoing
- left ventricular
- pregnancy outcomes
- middle aged
- cervical cancer screening
- acute heart failure
- physical activity
- breast cancer risk
- metabolic syndrome
- atrial fibrillation
- community dwelling
- type diabetes
- weight loss
- cardiac resynchronization therapy