Sex differences in left ventricular afterload and diastolic function are independent from the aortic size.
Hidemi SorimachiKoji KurosawaKuniko YoshidaMasaru ObokataTakashi NoguchiMinoru NakaShoichi TangeMasahiko KurabayashiKazuaki NegishiPublished in: PloS one (2019)
Women had worse LV relaxation than men did against the same degree of afterload, before and even after adjusting for the aortic sizes.
Keyphrases
- left ventricular
- hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- cardiac resynchronization therapy
- acute myocardial infarction
- heart failure
- mitral valve
- aortic stenosis
- left atrial
- aortic valve
- polycystic ovary syndrome
- single molecule
- aortic dissection
- pregnancy outcomes
- metabolic syndrome
- cervical cancer screening
- insulin resistance
- coronary artery disease
- breast cancer risk