ArticleFrontiers in cardiovascular medicine2022
Sex-Related Differences in Patients With Unexplained Syncope and Bundle Branch Block: Lower Risk of AV Block and Lesser Need for Cardiac Pacing in Women.
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- Predictors of pacemaker requirement in patients with implantable loop recorder and unexplained syncope: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Clinical cardiology · 2024Pooled it
- High-density mapping of his-ventricular intervals: impact of recording site and sex-specific differences.Journal of interventional cardiac electrophysiology : an international journal of arrhythmias and pacing · 2026Article
- Pacemaker therapy through a sex-specific lens: a narrative review of clinical and procedural disparities.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2026Review
- Nationwide trends and disparities in deaths from second- or third-degree atrioventricular block (1999-2022): A 24-year retrospective analysis of CDC WONDER data.American heart journal plus : cardiology research and practice · 2026Article
- Revisiting Abnormalities of Ventricular Depolarization: Redefining Phenotypes and Associated Outcomes Using Tree-Based Dimensionality Reduction.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2025Article
- Tachyarrhythmias in congenital heart disease.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2024Review
- Arrhythmic syncope: From diagnosis to management.World journal of cardiology · 2023Review
- Sex-specific differences in HV interval in a large cohort of patients.Journal of interventional cardiac electrophysiology : an international journal of arrhythmias and pacing · 2023Article
- Sex differences in ventricular arrhythmia, atrial fibrillation and atrioventricular block complicating acute myocardial infarction.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2023Article
- Subtypes and Mechanisms of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Proposed by Machine Learning Algorithms.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
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Abstract
Objective: To analyze if there are sex-related differences in patients with unexplained syncope and bundle branch block (BBB). Background: Despite increasing awareness that sex is a major determinant of the incidence, etiology, and the outcomes of different arrhythmias, no studies have examined differences in presentation and outcomes between men and women with syncope and BBB. Methods: Cohort study of consecutive patients with unexplained syncope and BBB was included from January 2010 to January 2021 with a median follow-up time of 3.4 years [interquartile range (IQR) 1.7-6.0 years]. They were evaluated by a stepwise workup protocol based on electrophysiological study (EPS) and long-term follow-up with an implantable cardiac monitor (ICM). Results: Of the 443 patients included in the study, 165 (37.2%) were women. Compared with men, women had less diabetes (25.5 vs. 39.9%, Conclusions: Compared to men, women with unexplained syncope and BBB have a lower risk of AVB and of requiring cardiac pacing. A stepwise diagnostic approach has a similar diagnostic yield in both sexes, and it seems appropriate to guide the treatment and avoid unnecessary pacemaker implantation, especially in women.
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