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Gender inequalities in transcatheter aortic valve replacement: The jury is still out
Author(s) -
Condado Jose F.,
Block Peter C.
Publication year - 2017
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.26949
Subject(s) - medicine , valve replacement , cardiology , jury , stenosis , political science , law
Key Points The Brazilian data support previous papers on mortality after TAVR. Women probably have higher risk short‐term after TAVR, but less risk later. Mechanisms for better long‐term outcomes might be due to more reversal of myocardial hypertrophy in women after TAVR.