Sex and Gender Differences in Aortic Disease

Sex and Gender Differences in Aortic Disease The morbidity and mortality of aortic pathologies remain significant in the current era despite continued progress in understanding and treatment. Aortic aneurysm and dissection accounted for 9,317 deaths in 2020, a rate of 2.8 per 100,000 people, though this has been slowly trending down over the past two decades.1 Despite this, the true impact of both thoracic and abdominal aortic disease may be underestimated as many of these p...
Source: Radcliffe Cardiology - Category: Cardiology Authors: Source Type: research