心血管病理学における性差: 保存された排泄分子の心不全で女性が過剰に代表される理由
Anna L Beale1,2,3, Philippe Meyer3, Thomas H Marwick1,2
1Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (A.L.B., T.H.M., D.M.K.).
Circulation
|July 11, 2018
まとめ
女性では,心不全の傾向が高く,発射分数保存 (HFpEF) がある. このレビューでは,女性のHFpEFリスクに寄与する心臓機能,循環,および併発性における性別による差異を調査しています.
科学分野:
- 心臓病科
- 生殖 健康
- 流行病学について
背景:
- 流行病学的な研究は,一貫して,男性と比較して女性において保存されたエジェクション分数 (HFpEF) による心不全の有病率が高いことを示している.
- 性差に寄与する生物学的および臨床的要因を理解することは,HFpEFの知識と治療の進歩に不可欠です.
研究 の 目的:
- HFpEFにおける心臓の構造と機能,心臓血管循環,心臓外因子の性に影響を評価する.
- HFpEFに対する女性の傾向を説明する潜在的なメカニズムを特定する.
- HFpEFの診断と治療における性別特有の考慮事項について議論する.
主な方法:
- 既存の疫学および生理学的データの文献レビューと合成.
- 心臓と血管領域における性特有の影響の評価
- HFpEFの病原性における心臓外因子と併発症の分析
主要な成果:
- 性別は心臓の構造,全身および肺循環,およびHFpEFに関連する心臓外要因に影響する.
- 妊娠,妊娠前出血症,鉄欠乏などの要因は,女性のHFpEFリスクに寄与する可能性があります.
- HFpEFの性別差に関する知識のギャップと論争は依然として存在します.
結論:
- 性別は,HFpEFの病理生理学と臨床表現の決定的な決定因子です.
- 性別特有の要因は,HFpEFメカニズムを明らかにするためにさらなる調査を正当化します.
- 性別に応じて診断基準,リスクの階層化,治療戦略を調整することで,全てのHFpEF患者さんの治療結果が改善される可能性があります.
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