Sex Differences in Left Ventricular Remodeling and Outcomes in Chronic Aortic Regurgitation.
Andreas Anselm KammerlanderCarolina DonàChristian NitscheMatthias KoschutnikAmna ZafarParastou EslamiFranz DucaStefan AschauerRobert SchönbauerDietrich BeiztkeChristian LoeweUdo HoffmannChristian HengstenbergChristian HengstenbergJulia MascherbauerPublished in: Journal of clinical medicine (2020)
In patients with chronic AR, LV remodeling is a hallmark feature in men but not in women. Severity of AR may be underdiagnosed in female patients in the absence of LV dilatation. Future studies need to address the dismal prognosis in female patients with chronic AR.
Keyphrases
- left ventricular
- end stage renal disease
- aortic valve
- chronic kidney disease
- newly diagnosed
- heart failure
- aortic stenosis
- peritoneal dialysis
- polycystic ovary syndrome
- type diabetes
- hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- pulmonary artery
- patient reported outcomes
- mitral valve
- insulin resistance
- current status
- transcatheter aortic valve replacement
- metabolic syndrome
- weight loss
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- left atrial
- cardiac resynchronization therapy
- pulmonary hypertension