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
Hauptverfasser: Kocabaş, Umut, Kıvrak, Tarık, Yılmaz Öztekin, Gülsüm Meral, Tanık, Veysel O., Özdemir, İbrahim, Kaya, Ersin, Yüce, Elif İlkay, Avcı Demir, Fulya, Doğduş, Mustafa, Altınsoy, Meltem, Üstündağ, Songül, Özyurtlu, Ferhat, Karagöz, Uğur, Karakuş, Alper, Urgun, Orsan Deniz, Sinan, Ümit Yaşar, Mutlu, İnan, Şen, Taner, Astarcıoğlu, Mehmet Ali, Kınık, Mustafa, Özden Tok, Özge, Uygur, Begüm, Yeni, Mehtap, Alan, Bahadır, Dalgıç, Onur, Altay, Hakan, Pehlivanoğlu, Seçkin
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Zusammenfassung: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 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 
ISSN:1368-5031
1742-1241
DOI:10.1111/ijcp.13765