Sex Differences in Central Hemodynamics and Their Relationship to Left Ventricular Diastolic Function

• Published in: Journal of the American College of Cardiology Vol. 57; no. 10; pp. 1226 - 1233
• Main Authors: Shim, Chi Young, Park, Sungha, Choi, Donghoon, Yang, Woo-In, Cho, In-Jeong, Choi, Eui-Young, Chung, Namsik, Ha, Jong-Won
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Elsevier Inc 08.03.2011; Elsevier; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Aged; arterial stiffness; Arteries - pathology; Biological and medical sciences; Blood pressure; Blood Pressure - physiology; Cardiology; Cardiology. Vascular system; Cardiovascular; diastolic function; Drug therapy; Echocardiography, Doppler; Elasticity; Elasticity Imaging Techniques; Female; Heart attacks; Heart Failure - physiopathology; Hemodynamics; Humans; Internal Medicine; left ventricle; Male; Manometry; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Radial Artery - physiopathology; sex; Sex Factors; Stroke Volume - physiology; Ventricular Dysfunction, Left - epidemiology; Ventricular Dysfunction, Left - physiopathology; arterial stiffness; PP; diastolic function; left ventricle; E; sex; Em; LV; BP; blood pressure; pulse pressure; early diastolic mitral annular; early diastolic mitral inflow; left ventricular; Circulatory system; Hemodynamics; Cardiology; Left ventricle performance; Comparative study; Sex

This study aimed to investigate sex differences in the association between arterial stiffness and left ventricular (LV) diastolic dysfunction. Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction is more common in women. Arterial stiffness has been suggested as a significant contributor to the development...