Background Diabetes and elevated blood glucose have been associated with increased risk
of atrial fibrillation in a number of epidemiological studies, however, the findings have not …

The increase in heart failure (HF) rates throughout the developed and developing regions of
the world poses enormous challenges for caregivers, researchers, and policymakers …

OBJECTIVES We sought to characterize the predictors of incident congestive heart failure
(CHF), as determined by central adjudication, in a community-based elderly population …

While it is recognised that gender differences exist in Because of the higher cardiac mortality
in men comcardiovascular disease, it has only recently been ap- pared to women until late …

Objective: The objective of this study was to test a model of individual patient characteristics,
covering symptom severity, comorbidity, social support, education, age, socioeconomic …

Background—Whether female sex is associated with a better prognosis in patients with
congestive heart failure (CHF) remains uncertain. The Cardiac Insufficiency Bisoprolol Study …

Background—Previous natural history studies in broad populations of heart failure patients
have associated female gender with improved survival, particularly in patients with a …

Background Improving the level of self-management by people undergoing hemodialysis is
an effective way to reduce the incidence of mortality and complications and improve quality …

SPOTLIGHT properties of estrogen? It is probably not that simple. I say this because of the
now famous study that showed that hormone replacement therapy increased cardiovascular …

To compare the prevalence and cardiac status of male and female alcoholics with alcoholic
cardiomyopathy during a 5-year period, all chronic alcoholics with dilated cardiomyopathy …