Key result
Clinically healthy women had higher LV systolic function than men; stress-corrected midwall dysfunction was subnormal in 14% of normotensive overweight and 18% of hypertensive subjects.
Cross-Sectional (n=517)
Clinically healthy women have higher LV chamber and midwall systolic function than men independent of covariates, highlighting the need for gender-specific partition values in echocardiography.
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Supports sex-specific LV function norms in echocardiography; leaves open effects on outcomes and management.
Celentano et al. (2003) conducted a cross-sectional in Normotension and hypertension (n=517). Female sex vs. Male sex was evaluated on Left ventricular chamber and midwall systolic function. Clinically healthy women had higher LV systolic function than men; stress-corrected midwall dysfunction was subnormal in 14% of normotensive overweight and 18% of hypertensive subjects.
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