TY - JOUR
T1 - The impact of gender in cardiovascular medicine
T2 - Lessons from the gender/sex-issue in heart failure
AU - Marra, Alberto M.
AU - Salzano, Andrea
AU - Arcopinto, Michele
AU - Piccioli, Lucrezia
AU - Raparelli, Valeria
PY - 2018/1/1
Y1 - 2018/1/1
N2 - Heart Failure (HF) is a major healthcare issue, given its high prevalence and incidence, the rate of comorbidities, the related high healthcare costs and its poor outcome. In the last years mounting evidence revealed several differences between men and women affected by this clinical condition. Apart from the well-known difference in phenotype (HF with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) occurs more commonly in men, and HF with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) is more frequent in women) other relevant sex-related issues dwell upon epidemiology, presentation, risk stratification and management. These differences shed new lights on the possibility to consider HF as a prototype of the impact of gender/sex issue in cardiovascular medicine. A call for action and future strategies might help in the achievement of a cleaver patient- care.
AB - Heart Failure (HF) is a major healthcare issue, given its high prevalence and incidence, the rate of comorbidities, the related high healthcare costs and its poor outcome. In the last years mounting evidence revealed several differences between men and women affected by this clinical condition. Apart from the well-known difference in phenotype (HF with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) occurs more commonly in men, and HF with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) is more frequent in women) other relevant sex-related issues dwell upon epidemiology, presentation, risk stratification and management. These differences shed new lights on the possibility to consider HF as a prototype of the impact of gender/sex issue in cardiovascular medicine. A call for action and future strategies might help in the achievement of a cleaver patient- care.
KW - Gender
KW - Heart Failure
KW - Sex
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U2 - 10.4081/monaldi.2018.988
DO - 10.4081/monaldi.2018.988
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85055545862
VL - 88
SP - 48
EP - 52
JO - Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease
JF - Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease
SN - 1122-0643
IS - 3
ER -