ArticleFrontiers in cardiovascular medicine2025
When similar is not the same: sex-specific outcomes and risk factors in thoracoabdominal aortic repair.
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- Comment on "Sex-related differences in long-term mortality after coronary artery bypass graft surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis".International journal of cardiology. Cardiovascular risk and prevention · 2026Article
- Sex impacts outcome in minimally invasive surgery of the ascending aorta: a propensity score matched analysis.Journal of cardiothoracic surgery · 2026Article
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Objective: Growing evidence suggests major outcome and risk factor disparities between men and women undergoing cardiovascular surgery. Thus, sex-specific approaches are increasingly being adopted in cardiovascular medicine. However, data on sex-specific outcomes and risk stratification in complex thoracoabdominal aortic repair remain limited. Methods: We present a retrospective single-center analysis of 311 consecutive patients, including 99 women (31.8%), who underwent open surgical thoracoabdominal aortic repair between 2000 and 2024. Propensity score matching was performed prior to a comparative analysis of intraoperative parameters, postoperative outcome, and complications, as well as short- and long-term mortality between female and male patients. Results: In the initial study population, men had a significantly higher BMI (26.3 vs. 23.1 kg/m Conclusion: Overall outcomes and survival following thoracoabdominal aortic repair were comparable between men and women. However, underlying risk factors for early mortality differed fundamentally between sexes. These findings underscore the importance of a sex-specific preoperative risk assessment in the surgical decision-making process prior to open thoracoabdominal aortic repair.
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