2023
Sex-Related Differences in Patient Characteristics, Risk Factors, and Symptomatology in Older Adults with Pulmonary Embolism: Findings from the SERIOUS-PE Study
Bikdeli B, Muriel A, Wang Y, Piazza G, Khairani C, Rosovsky R, Mehdipoor G, O'Donoghue M, Madridano O, Lopez-Saez J, Mellado M, Brasero A, Grandone E, Spagnolo P, Lu Y, Bertoletti L, López-Jiménez L, Núñez M, Blanco-Molina Á, Gerhard-Herman M, Goldhaber S, Bates S, Jimenez D, Krumholz H, Monreal M. Sex-Related Differences in Patient Characteristics, Risk Factors, and Symptomatology in Older Adults with Pulmonary Embolism: Findings from the SERIOUS-PE Study. Seminars In Thrombosis And Hemostasis 2023, 49: 725-735. PMID: 36868268, DOI: 10.1055/s-0043-1764231.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOlder adultsClinical characteristicsRisk factorsElderly womenPE risk stratificationTransient provoking factorsRelevant clinical characteristicsSex differencesWarrants further investigationSex-related differencesSex-specific factorsClot burdenPE presentationChest painHormonal therapyHormone therapyPatient characteristicsPulmonary embolismYounger patientsAtherosclerotic diseaseRisk stratificationLung diseaseMedicare databaseProvoking factorsCardiovascular disease
2022
Sex Differences in Characteristics, Treatments, and Outcomes Among Patients Hospitalized for Non–ST-Segment–Elevation Myocardial Infarction in China: 2006 to 2015
Guo W, Du X, Gao Y, Hu S, Lu Y, Dreyer RP, Li X, Spatz ES, Masoudi FA, Krumholz HM, Zheng X. Sex Differences in Characteristics, Treatments, and Outcomes Among Patients Hospitalized for Non–ST-Segment–Elevation Myocardial Infarction in China: 2006 to 2015. Circulation Cardiovascular Quality And Outcomes 2022, 15: e008535. PMID: 35607994, PMCID: PMC9208815, DOI: 10.1161/circoutcomes.121.008535.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSegment elevation myocardial infarctionInvasive strategyMyocardial infarctionHospital mortalityHospital outcomesMultivariable logistic regression modelCardiovascular risk factorsElevation myocardial infarctionSex-related disparitiesQuality of careProportion of womenLogistic regression modelsSex differencesClinical characteristicsClinical profileRisk factorsClinical covariatesSex-specific differencesPatientsInfarctionST segmentSex gapChinese hospitalsMortalityWomen