American College of Cardiology
Heart failure: Women different than men
Published in Women's Health Weekly, August 13th, 2009
Striking differences in the risk factors for developing heart failure (HF) and patient prognosis exist between men and women. Men and women may also respond differently to treatment, raising concerns about whether current practices provide the best care and reinforcing the urgency for sex-specific clinical trials for HF, according to a review article published in the August 4, 2009, issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
"Current practice is to treat heart failure similarly in men and women," said Eileen Hsich, M.D., director of the Women's Heart Failure Clinic at the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio. "Yet, our review of published reports suggests...
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