Sex differences in COVID-19: candidate pathways, genetics of ACE2, and sex hormones

A Viveiros, J Rasmuson, J Vu… - American Journal …, 2021 - journals.physiology.org
Biological sex is increasingly recognized as a critical determinant of health and disease,
particularly relevant to the topical COVID-19 pandemic caused by the SARS-CoV-2 …

Women, lipids, and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease: a call to action from the European Atherosclerosis Society

JE Roeters van Lennep, LS Tokgözoğlu… - European heart …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in women and men globally, with most
due to atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD). Despite progress during the last 30 …

Cardiovascular disease screening in women: leveraging artificial intelligence and digital tools

DA Adedinsewo, AW Pollak, SD Phillips… - Circulation …, 2022 - Am Heart Assoc
Cardiovascular disease remains the leading cause of death in women. Given accumulating
evidence on sex-and gender-based differences in cardiovascular disease development and …

Sex differences in cardiac rehabilitation outcomes

JR Smith, RJ Thomas, AR Bonikowske… - Circulation …, 2022 - Am Heart Assoc
Cardiovascular disease is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in males and females
in the United States and globally. Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) is recommended by the …

Sleep quality, empathy, and mood during the isolation period of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Canadian population: females and women suffered the most

V Guadagni, A Umilta', G Iaria - Frontiers in global women's health, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Objective: To investigate the sex and gender differences in the impact of the isolation period
implemented in response to the COVID-19 pandemic on individuals' sleep quality, empathy …

Biology, bias, or both? The contribution of sex and gender to the disparity in cardiovascular outcomes between women and men

S Gauci, S Cartledge, J Redfern, R Gallagher… - Current Atherosclerosis …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of mortality
and morbidity worldwide for both men and women. However, CVD is understudied …

Female sex-specific considerations to improve rigor and reproducibility in cardiovascular research

DH Chang, SM Dumanski… - American Journal of …, 2023 - journals.physiology.org
Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in women. Despite recognition of sex-
specific differences in cardiovascular health, females are underrepresented across all …

Sex and gender bias as a mechanistic determinant of cardiovascular disease outcomes

I Kim, TS Field, D Wan, K Humphries… - Canadian Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Defined as a prejudice either for or against something, biases at the provider, patient, and
societal level all contribute to differences in cardiovascular disease recognition and …

[HTML][HTML] The Canadian Women's Heart Health Alliance atlas on the epidemiology, diagnosis, and management of cardiovascular disease in women—Chapter 4: sex …

SL Mulvagh, KA Mullen, KA Nerenberg, AA Kirkham… - CJC open, 2022 - Elsevier
Women have unique sex-and gender-related risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD)
that can present or evolve over their lifespan. Pregnancy-associated conditions, polycystic …

Cardiac rehabilitation: under-utilized globally

SL Grace, K Kotseva, MA Whooley - Current cardiology reports, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) is grossly under-utilized. This review
summarizes current knowledge about degree of CR utilization, reasons for under-utilization …