Heart failure (HF) is a major health care issue, given its high prevalence and incidence, the
rate of comorbidities, the related high health care costs, and its poor outcomes. In the last …

Heart failure (HF) is a complex disease, almost as common in women as in men.
Nonetheless, HF clinical presentation, prognosis, and aetiology vary by sex. This review …

Background: Women comprise approximately one-third of the advanced heart failure
population but may receive fewer advanced heart failure therapies including left ventricular …

Aims To understand gender differences in the prognosis of women and men with heart
failure, we compared mortality, cause of death and survival trends over time. Methods and …

Background In the failing heart, energy metabolism is shifted towards increased ketone body
oxidation. Nevertheless, the association of beta‐hydroxybutyrate (β‐OHB) with development …

The prevalence of chronic heart failure (CHF) is steadily increasing. Both sexes are affected,
with significant differences in etiology, epidemiology and clinical presentation, prognosis …

Age-associated changes in cardiac structure and function, together with estrogen loss,
contribute to the progression of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction in older women …

Objectives: This study sought to investigate sex-related differences in reverse remodeling
(RR). Background: RR, that is, the recovery from left ventricular (LV) dilation and dysfunction …

Purpose Item response theory is increasingly used in the development of psychometric tests.
This paper evaluates whether these modern psychometric methods can improve self …

The incidence and prevalence of heart failure is increasing, especially heart failure with
preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) relative to heart failure with reduced ejection fraction …