Gender‐related clinical and management differences in patients with chronic heart failure with reduced ejection fraction
Aim Gender‐related differences have been described in the clinical characteristics and management of patients with chronic heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF). However, published data are conflictive in this regard. Methods We investigated differences in clinical and management vari...
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Veröffentlicht in: | International journal of clinical practice (Esher) 2021-03, Vol.75 (3), p.e13765-n/a |
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Gender‐related differences have been described in the clinical characteristics and management of patients with chronic heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF). However, published data are conflictive in this regard.
Methods
We investigated differences in clinical and management variables between male and female patients from the ATA study, a prospective, multicentre, observational study that included 1462 outpatients with chronic HFrEF between January and June 2019.
Results
Study population was predominantly male (70.1%). In comparison to men, women with chronic HFrEF were older (66 ± 11 years vs 69 ± 12 years, P |
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ISSN: | 1368-5031 1742-1241 |
DOI: | 10.1111/ijcp.13765 |