Edoardo Sciatti, Michela Giovanna Coccia, Roberta Magnano, Gupta Aakash, Raul Limonta, Brian Diep, Giulio Balestrieri, Salvatore D'Isa, Dmitry Abramov, Purvi Parwani, Emilia D'Elia
While the prevalence of heart failure, in general, is similar in men and women, women experience a higher rate of HFpEF compared to HFrEF. Cardiovascular risk factors, parity, estrogen levels, cardiac physiology, and altered response to the immune system may be at the root of this difference. Studies have found that in response to increasing age and hypertension, women experience more concentric left ventricle remodeling, more ventricular and arterial stiffness, and less ventricular dilation compared to men, which predisposes women to developing more diastolic dysfunction...
October 2023: Heart Failure Clinics