Technical and Clinical Outcomes After Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Repair of Mitral Regurgitation in Male and Female Patients: Is Equality Achieved?
Luigi BiascoGregorio TersalviCatherine KlersyGiovanni BenfariPatric BiaggiRoberto CortiMoreno CurtiOliver GaemperliRaban V JegerFrancesco MaisanoOlivier MüllerBarbara NaegeliStephane NobleFabien PrazStefan ToggweilerMarco ValgimigliYvonne CristoforettiBenjamin A EssayaghGiovanni PedrazziniPublished in: Journal of the American Heart Association (2024)
TEER is not associated with increased short-term mortality in women, whereas 5-year outcomes are comparable between sexes. Moreover, TEER completely restored normal life expectancy in women with primary MR. A residual excess mortality persists in secondary MR, independently of sex.
Keyphrases
- end stage renal disease
- cardiovascular events
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- magnetic resonance
- risk factors
- contrast enhanced
- polycystic ovary syndrome
- prognostic factors
- metabolic syndrome
- adipose tissue
- cardiovascular disease
- pregnant women
- pregnancy outcomes
- weight loss
- insulin resistance