Sex Associated Differences in Clinical Outcomes Among Left Ventricular Assist Device Recipients: Insights From Intermacs

Differential Outcomes for Women and Men With Advanced Heart Failure Therapies: Sex Matters

“…Also, in this issue of the journal, Shetty et al 10 examine the sex-associated differences in the clinical outcomes of LVAD recipients stratified by the social subgroup of race and ethnicity and clinical subgroups of device strategy and implantation center volume, using the nationwide Interagency Registry for Mechanically Assisted Circulatory Support. The primary outcome was sex-associated differences in all-cause mortality following LVAD implantation over a median follow-up of 12 months.…”