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Effects of Gender on Peak Oxygen Consumption and the Timing of Cardiac Transplantation

Sammy Elmariah, MD^_*, Lee R. Goldberg, MD, MPH, FACC^_*, Michael T. Allen, EMT-P^_* and Andrew Kao, MD, FACC^,_*

^_* Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular Division, Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplant Program, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Cardiovascular Consultants, Mid-America Heart Institute, Kansas City, Missouri

View larger version (16K): [in a new window]   Figure 1 Patient survival across genders. Kaplan-Meier curves comparing survival in male and female heart failure patients. Using a log-rank test, the difference between the curves is significant with p < 0.0001.

View larger version (23K): [in a new window]   Figure 2 Weber class predicts patient survival. Kaplan-Meier curves comparing survival in patients across Weber classes. Using a log-rank test, the difference between the curves is significant with p < 0.0001.

View larger version (14K): [in a new window]   Figure 3 Predictive value of Weber classes in men and women. Kaplan-Meier curves comparing survival in male (A) and female (B) heart failure patients across Weber classes. Using a log-rank test, difference between curves is significant with p < 0.0001.