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 PrEsentation, Risk Factors, Drug and Interventional Therapies, and OUtcomes of Elderly PatientS with Pulmonary Embolism: Rationale and design of the SERIOUS-PE study
Bikdeli B, Piazza G, Jimenez D, Muriel A, Wang Y, Khairani CD, Rosovsky RP, Mehdipoor G, O'Donoghue ML, Spagnolo P, Dreyer RP, Bertoletti L, López-Jiménez L, Núñez MJ, Blanco-Molina Á, Bates SM, Gerhard-Herman M, Goldhaber SZ, Monreal M, Krumholz HM. Sex Differences in PrEsentation, Risk Factors, Drug and Interventional Therapies, and OUtcomes of Elderly PatientS with Pulmonary Embolism: Rationale and design of the SERIOUS-PE study. Thrombosis Research 2022, 214: 122-131. PMID: 35537232, DOI: 10.1016/j.thromres.2022.04.019.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRisk factorsElderly patientsUS Medicare feeInterventional therapyMedicare feeInternational registryService beneficiariesSex differencesNational US databasePrognostic prediction rulePulmonary embolism studyLarge international registryPrincipal discharge diagnosisSex-based disparitiesAssessment of outcomesPotential sex differencesSex-specific findingsPE presentationPulmonary embolismVenous thromboembolismTreatment patternsDischarge diagnosisAvailable therapiesDisease presentationTreatment-based differences