Open AccessExploring gender differences in trajectories of clinical markers and symptoms after left ventricular assist device implantation
Author(s) -
Quin E. Denfeld,
Kenneth M. Faulkner,
Mary Roberts Davis,
Beth A. Habecker,
Christopher Chien,
Jill M. Gelow,
James O. Mudd,
Shirin O. Hiatt,
Kathleen L. Grady,
Christopher S. Lee
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
european journal of cardiovascular nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1873-1953
pISSN - 1474-5151
DOI - 10.1093/eurjcn/zvab032
Subject(s) - medicine , ejection fraction , cardiology , heart failure , natriuretic peptide , ventricular assist device
Despite well-known gender differences in heart failure, it is unknown if clinical markers and symptoms differ between women and men after left ventricular assist device (LVAD) implantation. Our aim was to examine gender differences in trajectories of clinical markers (echocardiographic markers and plasma biomarkers) and symptoms from pre- to post-LVAD implantation.