Sex Differences in the In‐Hospital Outcomes of Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation: A Population‐Based National Inpatient Sample Study From 2015 to 2021

In the contemporary era with the introduction of third-generation devices, in-hospital mortality and stroke after LVAD implantation continued to decrease and were comparable in both sexes. However, there are still notable sex-based differences in the complications of LVAD implantation, which underscores the need for sex-specific preoperative risk assessments and tailored perioperative management.