Quality and equitable health care gaps for women: attributions to sex differences in cardiovascular medicine

LJ Shaw, CJ Pepine, J Xie, PK Mehta, AA Morris… - Journal of the American …, 2017 - jacc.org
The present review synthesizes evidence and discusses issues related to health care quality
and equity for women, including minority population subgroups. The principle of “sameness” …

Use of high-risk coronary atherosclerotic plaque detection for risk stratification of patients with stable chest pain: a secondary analysis of the PROMISE randomized …

M Ferencik, T Mayrhofer, DO Bittner, H Emami… - JAMA …, 2018 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Coronary computed tomographic angiography (coronary CTA) can characterize
coronary artery disease, including high-risk plaque. A noninvasive method of identifying …

[HTML][HTML] Sex differences in diagnostic modalities of atherosclerosis in the macrocirculation

PLM Kerkhof, F Tona - Atherosclerosis, 2023 - Elsevier
Asymptomatic atherosclerosis begins early in life and may progress in a sex-specific manner
to become the major cause of cardiovascular morbidity and death. As diagnostic tools to …

[HTML][HTML] Delayed catastrophic thrombotic events in young and asymptomatic post COVID-19 patients

BE Fan, T Umapathi, K Chua, YW Chia… - Journal of thrombosis …, 2021 - Springer
We read with interest the editorial “Anticipating the longterm cardiovascular effects of COVID-
19 [1]” which featured COVID-19 end-organ thrombotic complications. COVID-19 associated …

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-specific computed tomography coronary plaque characterization and risk of myocardial infarction

MC Williams, J Kwiecinski, M Doris, P McElhinney… - Cardiovascular …, 2021 - jacc.org
Objectives This study was designed to investigate whether coronary computed tomography
angiography assessments of coronary plaque might explain differences in the prognosis of …

Sex differences in high‐risk but indicated coronary interventions (CHiP): National report from British Cardiovascular Intervention Society Registry

W Shamkhani, T Kinnaird, P Ludman… - Catheterization and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To assess sex‐based differences in clinical outcomes following complex and high‐
risk but indicated percutaneous coronary intervention (CHiP). Background CHiP is …

Are we ready for a gender-specific approach in interventional cardiology?

P Calabrò, G Niccoli, F Gragnano, EL Grove… - International Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Gender differences in the pathophysiology of atherosclerosis, cardiovascular risk factors,
and diagnosis of coronary artery disease and valvular heart disease are well known. Such …

[HTML][HTML] Sex differences in plaque characteristics by intravascular imaging in patients with coronary artery disease

ME Ten Haaf, M Rijndertse, JM Cheng… - …, 2017 - eurointervention.pcronline.com
Aims: We aimed to study sex differences in coronary plaque burden and plaque composition
in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD). Methods and results: Virtual histology …

The evolving role of coronary computed tomography in understanding sex differences in coronary atherosclerosis

K Garg, TR Patel, A Kanwal, TC Villines… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Our understanding of sex differences in subclinical atherosclerosis and plaque composition
and characteristics have greatly improved with the use of coronary computed tomography …