Echocardiography in Women: How Are Mars and Venus Different?
Daniela R CrousillatMalissa J WoodPublished in: Current cardiology reports (2021)
Emerging echocardiographic findings have begun to define important sex-based differences in chamber size and ventricular function. We advocate for additional research and the consideration of sex-specific algorithms in future expert consensus guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of valvular heart disease, heart failure, and thoracic aortic disease. Echocardiography is an essential diagnostic tool in our armamentarium of imaging modalities for the sex-specific diagnosis and guidance of treatment for a broad spectrum of cardiovascular disorders.
Keyphrases
- left ventricular
- heart failure
- pulmonary hypertension
- cardiac resynchronization therapy
- left atrial
- mitral valve
- atrial fibrillation
- pulmonary artery
- high resolution
- computed tomography
- polycystic ovary syndrome
- spinal cord
- current status
- clinical practice
- type diabetes
- pregnant women
- pulmonary arterial hypertension
- spinal cord injury
- photodynamic therapy
- adipose tissue
- coronary artery
- cervical cancer screening