UAB-Led Study Shows Female LVAD Recipients Have Worse Clinical Outcomes Compared to Male Recipients
May 27, 2023
May 27, 2023
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama, May 27 (TNSjou) -- The University of Alabama issued the following news:
Female recipients of a left ventricular assist device tend to have worse clinical outcomes compared to their male counterparts, according to a study in Circulation: Heart Failure from researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham Marnix E. Heersink School of Medicine.
"Patients who develop end-stage heart failure have two advanced heart failure therapies available . . .
Female recipients of a left ventricular assist device tend to have worse clinical outcomes compared to their male counterparts, according to a study in Circulation: Heart Failure from researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham Marnix E. Heersink School of Medicine.
"Patients who develop end-stage heart failure have two advanced heart failure therapies available . . .