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Women with heart failure should be treated the same as men according to established guidelines, despite known sex differences in etiology, cardiac remodeling, and prognosis.
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Should women with heart failure be treated differently than men?
Should women with heart failure be treated differently than men?
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Despite differences in etiology and remodeling, women with heart failure should currently be treated according to the same established guidelines as men.
Women with heart failure differ from their male counterparts in a number of ways, including etiology, pattern of cardiac remodeling, and prognosis. They may even respond differently to medical therapy. But until prospective, sex-specific studies show that we should do otherwise, we recommend that women with heart failure be treated the same as men, according to established guidelines.
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Mezu et al. (2007) studied this question. Women with heart failure should be treated the same as men according to established guidelines, despite known sex differences in etiology, cardiac remodeling, and prognosis.
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