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Women With Heart Failure Aren’t Getting Transplants At Nearly the Same Rate as Men

January 5, 2024

What: A study of patients with a specific type of heart failure found that the rate of interventions like a heart transplant or a “left ventricular assist device” were 68% lower (!!!) among women than men.

Why it matters: Heart disease is the number one killer of women in America. Even after researchers adjusted for lower prevalence of this type of heart failure among women, they still found the interventions were 68% lower. They didn’t have an explanation beyond potentially getting referred less for the treatments.

Source: AHA Journals

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