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ReviewFrontiers in cardiovascular medicine2022

Sex-based considerations for implementation of ventricular assist device therapy.

K Candis Jones-Ungerleider, Angela Rose, Kevin Knott, Sarah Comstock, Jonathan W Haft, Francis D Pagani, Paul C Tang

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Review in Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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7 authors.

K Candis Jones-UngerleiderDepartment of Cardiac Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States.
Angela RoseDepartment of Cardiac Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States.
Kevin KnottDepartment of Cardiac Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States.
Sarah ComstockDepartment of Cardiac Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States.
Jonathan W HaftDepartment of Cardiac Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States.
Francis D PaganiDepartment of Cardiac Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States.
Paul C TangDepartment of Cardiac Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Women with advanced heart failure receive advanced surgical therapies such as durable left ventricular assist device (LVAD) implantation or heart transplantation at a rate much lower compared to males. Reasons for this discrepancy remain largely unknown. Much of what is understood reflects outcomes of those patients who ultimately receive device implant or heart transplantation. Females have been shown to have a higher mortality following LVAD implantation and experience higher rates of bleeding and clotting phenomena and right ventricular failure. Beyond outcomes, the literature is limited in the identification of pre-operative factors that drive lower than expected LVAD implant rates in this population. More focused research is needed to define the disparities in advance heart failure therapy delivery in women and other underserved populations.

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femaleheart failureLVADright heart failure (RHF)sex

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PMID36330008
PMCPMC9623015

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