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Misogyny in heart disease?
Author(s) -
Silva Rafael C.,
Lemos Pedro A.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
catheterization and cardiovascular interventions
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.988
H-Index - 116
eISSN - 1522-726X
pISSN - 1522-1946
DOI - 10.1002/ccd.25881
Subject(s) - medicine , mitraclip , selection (genetic algorithm) , affect (linguistics) , selection bias , cardiology , intensive care medicine , mitral valve , pathology , linguistics , philosophy , artificial intelligence , computer science
Key Points Overall, mid‐term outcomes of edge‐to‐edge mitral valve repair with the MitraClip system do not seem to be markedly affected by gender Nevertheless, there seems to be subtle differences in the results of men and women treated with MitraClip, which might affect patient selection and therapeutic strategy Further studies with larger sample sizes are required to fully assess the potential differences in specific subsets