Sex differences in left ventricular remodelling, myocardial fibrosis and mortality after aortic valve replacement.
Anvesha SinghTarique Al MusaThomas A TreibelVassiliou S VassiliouGabriella CapturCalvin Woon-Loong ChinLaura E DobsonSilvia PicaMargaret LoudonTamir MalleyMarzia RigolliJames Robert John FoleyPetra BijsterveldGraham R LawMarc Richard DweckSaul Gareth MyersonSanjay K PrasadJames C MoonJohn P GreenwoodGerry P McCannPublished in: Heart (British Cardiac Society) (2019)
Men demonstrate more advanced remodelling in response to a similar severity of AS. The higher cardiovascular mortality observed in women following AVR is accounted for by women having less BAV and higher risk scores resulting in more TAVR. LGE is associated with a worse prognosis in both sexes.
Keyphrases
- aortic stenosis
- aortic valve replacement
- left ventricular
- aortic valve
- transcatheter aortic valve implantation
- transcatheter aortic valve replacement
- polycystic ovary syndrome
- ejection fraction
- pregnancy outcomes
- breast cancer risk
- heart failure
- acute myocardial infarction
- coronary artery disease
- cardiac resynchronization therapy
- mitral valve
- cardiovascular events
- risk factors
- type diabetes
- pregnant women