Impact of sex on the management and outcome of aortic stenosis patients.
David Bienjonetti-BoudreauMarie-Ange FleuryMartine VoisineAmélie PaquinIsabelle ChouinardMathieu TailleurRaphael DuvalPierre-Olivier MagnanJonathan BeaudoinErwan SalaunMarie-Annick ClavelPublished in: European heart journal (2021)
In this large series of patients, despite similar baseline hemodynamic AS severity, women were less referred to AVR and had higher mortality. This seemed mostly to occur in the patient subset with discordant markers of AS severity (i.e. low-gradient AS) where women were less referred to AVR.
Keyphrases
- ejection fraction
- end stage renal disease
- aortic stenosis
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- prognostic factors
- transcatheter aortic valve replacement
- peritoneal dialysis
- aortic valve
- polycystic ovary syndrome
- type diabetes
- coronary artery disease
- cardiovascular disease
- heart failure
- left ventricular
- pregnant women
- adipose tissue
- cardiovascular events
- skeletal muscle