Gender medicine: effects of sex and gender on cardiovascular disease manifestation and outcomes

V Regitz-Zagrosek, C Gebhard - Nature Reviews Cardiology, 2023 - nature.com
Despite a growing body of evidence, the distinct contributions of biological sex and the
sociocultural dimension of gender to the manifestations and outcomes of ischaemic heart …

Sex differences in cardiometabolic disorders

E Gerdts, V Regitz-Zagrosek - Nature medicine, 2019 - nature.com
The prevalence of cardiometabolic disorders in both women and men has increased
worldwide and is linked to a rise in obesity and obesity-associated associated clustering of …

The protective role of estrogen and estrogen receptors in cardiovascular disease and the controversial use of estrogen therapy

A Iorga, CM Cunningham, S Moazeni… - Biology of sex …, 2017 - Springer
Epidemiologic studies have previously suggested that premenopausal females have
reduced incidence of cardiovascular disease (CVD) when compared to age-matched males …

Mechanistic pathways of sex differences in cardiovascular disease

V Regitz-Zagrosek, G Kararigas - Physiological reviews, 2017 - journals.physiology.org
Major differences between men and women exist in epidemiology, manifestation,
pathophysiology, treatment, and outcome of cardiovascular diseases (CVD), such as …

Gender in cardiovascular diseases: impact on clinical manifestations, management, and outcomes

EUGenMed… - European heart …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
In the vast majority of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), there are well-described differences
between women and men in epidemiology, pathophysiology, clinical manifestations, effects …

Hearts apart: sex differences in cardiac remodeling in health and disease

TG Martin, LA Leinwand - The Journal of Clinical Investigation, 2024 - jci.org
Biological sex is an important modifier of physiology and influences pathobiology in many
diseases. While heart disease is the number one cause of death worldwide in both men and …

Cardiac fibrosis in the pressure overloaded left and right ventricle as a therapeutic target

K Schimmel, K Ichimura, S Reddy, F Haddad… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Myocardial fibrosis is a remodeling process of the extracellular matrix (ECM) following
cardiac stress.“Replacement fibrosis” is a term used to describe wound healing in the acute …

Neutrophils in post-myocardial infarction inflammation: damage vs. resolution?

SL Puhl, S Steffens - Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Inflammation not only plays a crucial role in acute ischemic cardiac injury, but also
contributes to post-infarction repair and remodeling. Traditionally, neutrophils have been …

Menopause-Related Estrogen Decrease and the Pathogenesis of HFpEF: JACC Review Topic of the Week

AR Sabbatini, G Kararigas - Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 2020 - jacc.org
Heart failure (HF) is a complex condition affecting> 40 million people worldwide. It is defined
by failure of the heart to pump (HF with reduced ejection fraction) or by the failure of the …

Estrogen-related mechanisms in sex differences of hypertension and target organ damage

AR Sabbatini, G Kararigas - Biology of sex differences, 2020 - Springer
Hypertension (HTN) is a primary risk factor for cardiovascular (CV) events, target organ
damage (TOD), premature death and disability worldwide. The pathophysiology of HTN is …