2018
Sex Difference in Patients With Ischemic Heart Failure Undergoing Surgical Revascularization
Piña IL, Zheng Q, She L, Szwed H, Lang IM, Farsky PS, Castelvecchio S, Biernat J, Paraforos A, Kosevic D, Favaloro LE, Nicolau JC, Varadarajan P, Velazquez EJ, Pai RG, Cyrille N, Lee KL, Desvigne-Nickens P. Sex Difference in Patients With Ischemic Heart Failure Undergoing Surgical Revascularization. Circulation 2018, 137: 771-780. PMID: 29459462, PMCID: PMC5896331, DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.117.030526.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedCoronary Artery BypassCoronary DiseaseFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansMaleMiddle AgedRisk FactorsSex CharacteristicsConceptsIschemic left ventricular dysfunctionLeft ventricular dysfunctionCause mortalityCardiovascular mortalitySTICH trialSurgical deathsVentricular dysfunctionCardiovascular hospitalizationRisk factorsKansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire overall summary scoreHigher New York Heart Association classCardiac Operative Risk Evaluation scoreCoronary artery disease risk factorsNew York Heart Association classHigher body mass indexComposite of deathCoronary artery bypassIschemic heart failureDisease risk factorsPoor prognostic factorVentricular ejection fractionCoronary artery diseaseBody mass indexLong-term outcomesOverall summary score
2014
Sex Differences in Platelet Reactivity and Cardiovascular and Psychological Response to Mental Stress in Patients With Stable Ischemic Heart Disease Insights From the REMIT Study
Samad Z, Boyle S, Ersboll M, Vora AN, Zhang Y, Becker RC, Williams R, Kuhn C, Ortel TL, Rogers JG, O’Connor C, Velazquez EJ, Jiang W, Investigators R. Sex Differences in Platelet Reactivity and Cardiovascular and Psychological Response to Mental Stress in Patients With Stable Ischemic Heart Disease Insights From the REMIT Study. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2014, 64: 1669-1678. PMID: 25323254, PMCID: PMC4752118, DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2014.04.087.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMental stress-induced myocardial ischemiaIschemic heart diseaseStable ischemic heart diseaseLeft ventricular ejection fractionPlatelet aggregation responseMental stress taskMental stressTransthoracic echocardiographyPlatelet reactivityStress-induced myocardial ischemiaIschemic ST-segment changesRegional wall motion abnormalitiesAggregation responseStress taskMost baseline characteristicsVentricular ejection fractionHigher baseline depressionLong-term outcomesST-segment changesWall motion abnormalitiesPlatelet aggregation studiesSex differencesBaseline characteristicsBlood pressureEjection fraction