Sex Differences in the Etiology of Surgical Mitral Valve Disease

Circulation. 2018 Oct 16;138(16):1749-1751. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.118.035789.

Authors

Sneha Vakamudi¹, Christine Jellis¹, Stephanie Mick², Yuping Wu³, A Marc Gillinov², Tomislav Mihaljevic², Delos M Cosgrove², Lars Svensson², Leslie Cho¹

Affiliations

¹ Departments of Cardiovascular Medicine (S.V., C.J., L.C.), Heart and Vascular Institute, Cleveland Clinic, OH.
² Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery (S.M., A.M.G., T.M., D.M.C., L.S.), Heart and Vascular Institute, Cleveland Clinic, OH.
³ Department of Mathematics, Cleveland State University, OH (Y.W.).

PMID: 30354470
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.118.035789

No abstract available

Keywords: coronary artery bypass; heart valve diseases; mitral valve; sex characteristics.

Publication types

Comparative Study
Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Databases, Factual
Female
Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation
Humans
Male
Mitral Valve Annuloplasty
Mitral Valve Insufficiency / diagnostic imaging
Mitral Valve Insufficiency / epidemiology*
Mitral Valve Insufficiency / surgery
Mitral Valve Prolapse / diagnostic imaging
Mitral Valve Prolapse / epidemiology*
Mitral Valve Prolapse / surgery
Myocardial Ischemia / diagnostic imaging
Myocardial Ischemia / epidemiology*
Myocardial Ischemia / surgery
Ohio / epidemiology
Prevalence
Registries
Retrospective Studies
Rheumatic Heart Disease / diagnostic imaging
Rheumatic Heart Disease / epidemiology*
Rheumatic Heart Disease / surgery
Risk Factors
Sex Distribution
Sex Factors
Time Factors