Heart failure in women is different than in men; should treatment be different?

Cleve Clin J Med. 2007 Jun;74(6):423-4, 426, 429-35. doi: 10.3949/ccjm.74.6.423.

Abstract

Women with heart failure differ from their male counterparts in a number of ways, including etiology, pattern of cardiac remodeling, and prognosis. They may even respond differently to medical therapy. But until prospective, sex-specific studies show that we should do otherwise, we recommend that women with heart failure be treated the same as men, according to established guidelines.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Age Factors
  • Cardiotonic Agents / therapeutic use
  • Female
  • Heart Failure / epidemiology
  • Heart Failure / etiology
  • Heart Failure / physiopathology*
  • Humans
  • Hypertension / complications
  • Male
  • Obesity / complications
  • Practice Guidelines as Topic
  • Prognosis
  • Risk Factors
  • Sex Factors
  • Women's Health*

Substances

  • Cardiotonic Agents