Variations between women and men in risk factors, treatments, cardiovascular disease incidence, and death in 27 high-income, middle-income, and low-income …

M Walli-Attaei, P Joseph, A Rosengren, CK Chow… - The Lancet, 2020 - thelancet.com
Background Some studies, mainly from high-income countries (HICs), report that women
receive less care (investigations and treatments) for cardiovascular disease than do men …

Obesity-associated cardiovascular risk in women: hypertension and heart failure

JL Faulkner - Clinical Science, 2021 - portlandpress.com
The pathogenesis of obesity-associated cardiovascular diseases begins long prior to the
presentation of a cardiovascular event. In both men and women, cardiovascular events, and …

[HTML][HTML] Readmission rates following heart failure: a scoping review of sex and gender based considerations

A Hoang-Kim, C Parpia, C Freitas, PC Austin… - BMC Cardiovascular …, 2020 - Springer
Background Although hospital readmission for heart failure (HF) is an issue for both men
and women, little is known about differences in readmission rates by sex. Consequently …

Sex differences in long‐term survival after major cardiac surgery: a population‐based cohort study

A Johnston, TG Mesana, DS Lee… - Journal of the …, 2019 - Am Heart Assoc
Background Little attention has been paid to the importance of sex in the long‐term
prognosis of patients undergoing cardiac surgery. Methods and Results We conducted a …

A comparative analysis of premature heart disease-and cancer-related mortality in women in the USA, 1999–2018

SU Khan, SH Yedlapati, AN Lone… - … Journal-Quality of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Aims To compare premature heart disease-and cancer-related deaths in women in the USA.
Methods and results We analysed the US national database of death certificates of women …

National trends in heart failure mortality in men and women, United Kingdom, 2000–2017

CJ Taylor, JM Ordóñez‐Mena, NR Jones… - European journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Aims To understand gender differences in the prognosis of women and men with heart
failure, we compared mortality, cause of death and survival trends over time. Methods and …

Sex differences in quality of life and clinical outcomes in patients with advanced heart failure: insights from the PAL-HF trial

LK Truby, C O'Connor, M Fiuzat, A Stebbins… - Circulation: Heart …, 2020 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: Palliative care improves quality of life in patients with heart failure. Whether
men and women with heart failure derive similar benefit from palliative care interventions …

Global comparison of readmission rates for patients with heart failure

F Foroutan, DG Rayner, HJ Ross, T Ehler… - Journal of the American …, 2023 - jacc.org
Background Heart failure (HF) readmission rates are low in some jurisdictions. However,
international comparisons are lacking and could serve as a foundation for identifying …

[HTML][HTML] The gender health gap in Europe's ageing societies: universal findings across countries and age groups?

A Schmitz, P Lazarevič - European Journal of Ageing, 2020 - Springer
We provide a systematic country and age group comparison of the gender gap in several
generic health indicators and more specific morbidity outcomes. Using data from the Survey …

Sex differences in the impact of physical frailty on outcomes in heart failure

SH Archer, CS Lee, N Gupta, MR Davis, SO Hiatt… - Heart & Lung, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Physical frailty is strongly related to adverse outcomes in heart failure (HF), and
women are more likely to be physically frail than men; however, it is unknown if this sex …