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Chapter two. Sex differences in prognosis of significant secondary mitral regurgitation
that the differences in survival were significant between men and women after this time point (P< 0.001, Figure 1, panel B). In patients with ischemic heart failure, there was no significant difference in outcome between men and women (P=0.179, Figure 2, Panel A). On the contrary, in patients with non-ischemic heart failure, a significant difference in outcome between men and women was seen with women having a better outcome then men (P=0.017, Figure 2, Panel B).
Figure 1. Kaplan-Meier curves for all-cause mortality. Panel A demonstrates time to all-cause mortality according to sex: women (green) and men (red). Panel B demonstrates the landmark analysis at 36 months of follow-up with time-to-event curves for all-cause mortality according to sex.
Figure 2. Kaplan-Meier curves for all-cause mortality in patients with ischemic and non- ischemic heart failure. Panel A demonstrates time to all-cause mortality according to sex in patients with ischemic heart failure: women (green) and men (red). Panel B demonstrates time to all-cause mortality according to sex in patients with non-ischemic heart failure
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