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Gender and cardiac arrhythmias
R P Villareal1, A L Woodruff, A Massumi
1Department of Cardiology, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology, Texas Heart Institute and St Luke's Episcopal Hospital, Houston 77030, USA.
Texas Heart Institute Journal
|January 5, 2002
Abstract:
The incidence of certain clinical arrhythmias varies between and women. Clinical and experimental observations suggest the existence of true differences in electrophysiologic properties between the sexes. We review these differences, possible mechanisms, clinical implications, and therapeutic considerations in the treatment of various arrhythmias in women.