Sex differences in heart failure

CSP Lam, C Arnott, AL Beale… - European heart …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
The overall lifetime risk of heart failure (HF) is similar between men and women, however,
there are marked sex differences in the landscape of this condition that are both important …

Obesity and heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: new insights and pathophysiological targets

BA Borlaug, MD Jensen, DW Kitzman… - Cardiovascular …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Obesity and heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) represent two
intermingling epidemics driving perhaps the greatest unmet health problem in …

Patient phenotype profiling in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction to guide therapeutic decision making. A scientific statement of the Heart Failure Association …

SD Anker, MS Usman, MS Anker… - European journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) represents a highly heterogeneous
clinical syndrome affected in its development and progression by many comorbidities. The …

Evidence supporting the existence of a distinct obese phenotype of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction

M Obokata, YNV Reddy, SV Pislaru, V Melenovsky… - Circulation, 2017 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: Heart failure (HF) with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) is a heterogeneous
syndrome. Phenotyping patients into pathophysiologically homogeneous groups may …

Diastolic dysfunction and heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: understanding mechanisms by using noninvasive methods

M Obokata, YNV Reddy, BA Borlaug - JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging, 2020 - jacc.org
Research in the last decade has substantially advanced our understanding of the
pathophysiology of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF). However …

Hemodynamic and functional impact of epicardial adipose tissue in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction

KE Koepp, M Obokata, YNV Reddy, TP Olson… - Heart Failure, 2020 - jacc.org
Objectives This study determined the impact of excess epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) in
patients with the obese phenotype of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) …

Sex differences in heart failure

A Lala, U Tayal, CE Hamo, Q Youmans… - Journal of cardiac …, 2022 - Elsevier
Heart failure (HF) continues to be a major contributor of morbidity and mortality for men and
women alike, yet how the predisposition for, course and management of HF differ between …

Determinants of body fat distribution in humans may provide insight about obesity-related health risks

AP Frank, R de Souza Santos, BF Palmer… - Journal of lipid …, 2019 - ASBMB
Obesity increases the risks of developing cardiovascular and metabolic diseases and
degrades quality of life, ultimately increasing the risk of death. However, not all forms of …

Pathophysiologic importance of visceral adipose tissue in women with heart failure and preserved ejection fraction

H Sorimachi, M Obokata, N Takahashi… - European heart …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Aims Central obesity is a major risk factor for heart failure with preserved ejection fraction
(HFpEF), particularly in women, but the mechanisms remain unclear. We hypothesized that …

Characterization of the inflammatory‐metabolic phenotype of heart failure with a preserved ejection fraction: a hypothesis to explain influence of sex on the evolution …

M Packer, CSP Lam, LH Lund… - European Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Accumulating evidence points to the existence of an inflammatory‐metabolic phenotype of
heart failure with a preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF), which is characterized by …