Gender Differences after Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR): Insights from the Italian Clinical Service Project.
Andrea DenegriMichele RomanoAnna Sonia PetronioMarco AngelillisCristina GianniniClaudia FiorinaLuca BrancaMarco BarbantiGiuliano CostaNedy BrambillaValentina MantovaniMatteo MontorfanoLuca FerriGiuseppe BruschiBruno MerlantiBernhard ReimersCarlo PivatoArnaldo PoliCarmine MustoMassimo FineschiDiego MaffeoCarlo TraniFlavio AiroldiCorrado LettieriPublished in: Journal of cardiovascular development and disease (2021)
Despite higher rates of peri-procedural complications, women presented better survival than men. This better adaptive response to TAVR may be driven by sex-specific factors.