Key result
Disparities in the treatment of causative factors, along with advanced age and socioeconomic barriers, contribute to poorer heart failure outcomes and medication nonadherence in women compared to men.
This review highlights significant disparities in cardiovascular care and outcomes for women, particularly in heart failure, driven by undertreatment, nonadherence, and underrepresentation in clinical trials.
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May warrant attention to sex disparities in HF care; leaves open targeted trials to improve adherence and outcomes in women.
McSweeney et al. (2012) conducted a review in Heart failure and cardiovascular diseases. Disparities in the treatment of causative factors, along with advanced age and socioeconomic barriers, contribute to poorer heart failure outcomes and medication nonadherence in women compared to men.
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