An Asian Perspective on Gender Differences in Clinical Outcomes and Echocardiographic Profiles of Patients With Medically Managed Severe Aortic Stenosis

Abstract

Women appeared to have better outcomes compared to men in medically managed severe AS. These gender differences warrant further study and may affect prognosis, follow-up, and timing of valve surgery.

Heart Disease in Women: Where Are We Now and What is The Future?

“…We also celebrate the expertise of Australian and New Zealand researchers within this expanding sub-specialty. The special edition contains 9 in-depth reviews [4,[6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13], and a further 16 original scientific papers covering a broad range of topics and selected from a competitive submission process [14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29]. The female-predominant condition of SCAD is covered in an insightful review [4], with detailed discussion on the commonly associated genetic condition of fibromuscular dysplasia.…”