Impact of sex and gender on COVID-19 outcomes in Europe

C Gebhard, V Regitz-Zagrosek, HK Neuhauser… - Biology of sex …, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Background Emerging evidence from China suggests that coronavirus disease
2019 (COVID-19) is deadlier for infected men than women with a 2.8% fatality rate being …

Cardiovascular health after menopause transition, pregnancy disorders, and other gynaecologic conditions: a consensus document from European cardiologists …

AHEM Maas, G Rosano, R Cifkova… - European Heart …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Women undergo important changes in sex hormones throughout their lifetime that can
impact cardiovascular disease risk. Whereas the traditional cardiovascular risk factors …

Gender medicine: effects of sex and gender on cardiovascular disease manifestation and outcomes

V Regitz-Zagrosek, C Gebhard - Nature Reviews Cardiology, 2023 - nature.com
Despite a growing body of evidence, the distinct contributions of biological sex and the
sociocultural dimension of gender to the manifestations and outcomes of ischaemic heart …

Endothelial function in cardiovascular medicine: a consensus paper of the European society of cardiology working groups on atherosclerosis and vascular biology …

Y Alexander, E Osto, A Schmidt-Trucksäss… - Cardiovascular …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Endothelial cells (ECs) are sentinels of cardiovascular health. Their function is reduced by
the presence of cardiovascular risk factors, and is regained once pathological stimuli are …

Sex-specific evaluation and redevelopment of the GRACE score in non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes in populations from the UK and Switzerland …

FA Wenzl, S Kraler, G Ambler, C Weston, SA Herzog… - The Lancet, 2022 - thelancet.com
Summary Background The Global Registry of Acute Coronary Events (GRACE) 2.0 score
was developed and validated in predominantly male patient populations. We aimed to …

Gender differences in the provision of intensive care: a Bayesian approach

A Todorov, F Kaufmann, K Arslani, A Haider… - Intensive care …, 2021 - Springer
Purpose It is currently unclear whether management and outcomes of critically ill patients
differ between men and women. We sought to assess the influence of age, sex and …

Genetic investigation of fibromuscular dysplasia identifies risk loci and shared genetics with common cardiovascular diseases

A Georges, ML Yang, TE Berrandou, MK Bakker… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Fibromuscular dysplasia (FMD) is an arteriopathy associated with hypertension, stroke and
myocardial infarction, affecting mostly women. We report results from the first genome-wide …

Sex differences in culprit plaque characteristics among different age groups in patients with acute coronary syndromes

LM Seegers, M Araki, A Nakajima… - Circulation …, 2022 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: Despite the significant decline in cardiovascular mortality in women over the
past several decades, sex differences in the underlying pathology of acute coronary …

Sex and gender bias as a mechanistic determinant of cardiovascular disease outcomes

I Kim, TS Field, D Wan, K Humphries… - Canadian Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Defined as a prejudice either for or against something, biases at the provider, patient, and
societal level all contribute to differences in cardiovascular disease recognition and …

Emerging biomarkers for the detection of cardiovascular diseases

S Thupakula, SSR Nimmala, H Ravula… - The Egyptian Heart …, 2022 - Springer
Background The prevalence of cardiovascular disease (CVD) has been continuously
increasing, and this trend is projected to continue. CVD is rapidly becoming a significant …