Analysis of sex differences in the clinical presentation, management and prognosis of infective endocarditis in Spain.
Laura Varela BarcaLaura Vidal-BonnetM C FariñasPatricia MuñozMaricela Valerio MineroArístides de AlarcónEncarnacion Gutiérrez CarreteroManuel Gutiérrez CuadraAsuncion Moreno CamachoXabier Kortajarena UrkolaJosune Goikoetxea AgirreGuillermo Ojeda BurgosLuis Eduardo López-CortésJ C Porres AzpirozJosé López-Menéndeznull nullPublished in: Heart (British Cardiac Society) (2021)
Female sex was an independent factor related to mortality after adjusting for confounders. In addition, women were less frequently referred for surgical treatment.