Aortic stenosis (AS) is a progressive and degenerative disease that necessitates valve
replacement through either surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) or transcatheter aortic …

Sex (a biological determination) and gender (a social construct) are not interchangeable
terms and both impact perioperative management and patient safety. Sex and gender …

Introduction Sex-dependent differences of infective endocarditis (IE) have been reported.
Women suffer from IE less frequently than men and tend to present more severe …

Background and objective: The published literature investigating the impact of sex on
outcomes after mitral valve (MV) surgery has demonstrated inferior outcomes for females …

Aims There is an increasing awareness of gender-related differences in patients with severe
aortic stenosis and their outcomes after surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) and …

Purpose: Postoperative atrial fibrillation (POAF) after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG)
has been associated with increased risk of death in women but not in men. We aimed to …

There is paucity of data on sex differences in outcomes of transcatheter mitral valve repair
(TMVR). We queried the National Inpatient Sample database (2012-2016) to identify …

Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in the United States and was
responsible for 840,000 deaths in the year 2016. 1 Although that number is staggering, over …

Purpose To investigate differences between women and men in the repair of
rhegmatogenous retinal detachments (RRDs) in the United States. Design Retrospective …

Background we aim to examine trends in the incidence of surgical aortic valve replacement
(SAVR) among women and men in Spain from 2001 to 2015; compare in-hospital outcomes …