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Gender differences in advanced heart failure: insights from the BEST study

Jalal K. Ghali, MD^*,*, Heidi J. Krause-Steinrauf, MS, Kirkwood F. Adams, Jr, MD, Steven S. Khan, MD, Yves D. Rosenberg, MD, Clyde W. Yancy, Jr, MD^||, James B. Young, MD^¶, Steven Goldman, MD^#, Mary Ann Peberdy, MD^** and JoAnn Lindenfeld, MD

^* Cardiac Centers of Louisiana, Shreveport, Louisiana, USA
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA
^|| University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, Texas, USA
^¶ Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
^# Tucson Veteran Affairs Medical Center, Tucson, Arizona, USA
^** Virginia Commonwealth University, Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia, USA
University of Colorado Health Science Center, Denver, Colorado, USA

View larger version (15K): [in a new window]   Figure 1 Hazard ratios for mortality comparing genders for prespecified patient subgroups adjusted for treatment group. CAD = coronary artery disease; LVEF = left ventricular ejection fraction; NYHA = New York Heart Association.

View larger version (21K): [in a new window]   Figure 2 Survival curves by gender within ischemia status. CAD = coronary artery disease.