Assessing and addressing cardiovascular health in people who are transgender and gender diverse: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association

CG Streed Jr, LB Beach, BA Caceres, NL Dowshen… - Circulation, 2021 - Am Heart Assoc
There is growing evidence that people who are transgender and gender diverse (TGD) are
impacted by disparities across a variety of cardiovascular risk factors compared with their …

Global health burden and needs of transgender populations: a review

SL Reisner, T Poteat, JA Keatley, M Cabral… - The Lancet, 2016 - thelancet.com
Transgender people are a diverse population affected by a range of negative health
indicators across high-income, middle-income, and low-income settings. Studies …

Standards of care for the health of transgender and gender diverse people, version 8

E Coleman, AE Radix, WP Bouman… - … journal of transgender …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Background: Transgender healthcare is a rapidly evolving interdisciplinary field. In the last
decade, there has been an unprecedented increase in the number and visibility of …

The Amsterdam cohort of gender dysphoria study (1972–2015): trends in prevalence, treatment, and regrets

CM Wiepjes, NM Nota, CJM de Blok… - The journal of sexual …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Background Over the past decade, the number of people referred to gender identity clinics
has rapidly increased. This raises several questions, especially concerning the frequency of …

Cross-sex hormones and acute cardiovascular events in transgender persons: a cohort study

D Getahun, R Nash, WD Flanders, TC Baird… - Annals of internal …, 2018 - acpjournals.org
Background: Venous thromboembolism (VTE), ischemic stroke, and myocardial infarction in
transgender persons may be related to hormone use. Objective: To examine the incidence …

Assessing and addressing cardiovascular health in LGBTQ adults: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association

BA Caceres, CG Streed Jr, HL Corliss… - Circulation, 2020 - Am Heart Assoc
There is mounting evidence that lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer or
questioning (LGBTQ) adults experience disparities across several 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 …

Endocrinology of transgender medicine

G T'Sjoen, J Arcelus, L Gooren, DT Klink… - Endocrine …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Gender-affirming treatment of transgender people requires a multidisciplinary approach in
which endocrinologists play a crucial role. The aim of this paper is to review recent data on …

Cardiovascular disease risk factors and myocardial infarction in the transgender population

T Alzahrani, T Nguyen, A Ryan, A Dwairy… - … Quality and Outcomes, 2019 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: As of 2016,≈ 1.4 million people in the United States identify as transgender.
Despite their growing number and increasing specific medical needs, there has been a lack …

Sex steroids and cardiovascular outcomes in transgender individuals: a systematic review and meta-analysis

S Maraka, N Singh Ospina… - The Journal of …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Background Transgender individuals receive cross-sex hormonal therapy to induce desired
secondary sexual characteristics despite limited data regarding its effects on cardiovascular …