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ArticleJournal of the American Heart Association2025

Sex-Associated Disparities in Surgical and Percutaneous Management of Aortic Stenosis With Severe Features: Retrospective Analysis From the National Readmission Database.

Gianluca Castaldi, Andrija Matetić, Rodrigo Bagur, J D Abbott, Mirvat Alasnag, Alaide Chieffo, Harindra C Wijeysundera, Mamas A Mamas

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Gianluca CastaldiDepartment of Cardiovascular Medicine University Hospital Leuven Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-5625-3176
Andrija MatetićDepartment of Cardiology University Hospital of Split Croatia.ORCID 0000-0001-9272-6906
Rodrigo BagurLondon Health Sciences Centre, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry Western University London ON Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-1888-9429
J D AbbottDivision of Cardiovascular Disease Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown UniversityLifespan Cardiovascular Institute Providence RI USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2560-0155
Mirvat AlasnagCardiac Center King Fahd Armed Forces Hospital Jeddah Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-8714-0334
Alaide ChieffoInterventional Cardiology Unit San Raffaele Scientific Institute Milan Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-3505-9112
Harindra C WijeysunderaSchulich Heart Program, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre University of Toronto ON Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-8464-1080
Mamas A MamasDepartment of Cardiology Royal Stoke University Hospital Stoke-on-Trent UK.ORCID 0000-0001-9241-8890

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Abstract

backgroundReferral for valve intervention for severe aortic stenosis (AS) may exhibit sex-associated disparities independent of the growth of transcatheter interventions. This study aimed to determine whether there were sex-associated differences in the use of aortic valve replacement (AVR), either surgical or transcatheter, in patients with aortic stenosis and severe features from a national cohort of patients.

methodsUsing the National Readmission Database, all patients with an index diagnosis of AS between January 2015 and December 2019 were included and stratified by their 90-day readmission status and sex. AS with severe features was defined as the combination of primary- or secondary-coded diagnosis of AS in combination with heart failure, syncope, angina pectoris, cardiac arrest, or cardiogenic shock. A 1:1 nested case-control matching was performed to account for competing risk. The main investigated outcome was the sex-associated rate of AVR in the 90 days after index hospitalization.

resultsA total of 31 712 matched weighted discharges were included in the analysis, 16 597 men (52.3%) and 15 116 women (47.7%). At 90 days, the rate of AVR was significantly lower in women (45.7% versus 53.6%,

conclusionsThe use of surgical AVR and transcatheter aortic valve implantation was significantly lower in female patients with AS and severe features independent from patient- and hospital-level characteristics.

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Aortic Valve StenosisHealthcare DisparitiesHeart Valve Prosthesis ImplantationPatient ReadmissionTranscatheter Aortic Valve ReplacementAgedAged, 80 and overDatabases, FactualFemaleHumansMaleRetrospective StudiesRisk FactorsSeverity of Illness IndexSex FactorsTreatment Outcomeaortic valve replacementdisparitiessextranscatheter aortic valve intervention

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PMCPMC12184593

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