The importance of sex differences in valvular heart disease from an imaging point of view
Sex differences in valvular heart disease (VHD) represent an emerging focus in cardiovascular imaging, with implications spanning aetiology, pathophysiology, chamber remodelling, and prognosis. This review aims to illustrate how multimodality imaging can be applied to address sex-specific differences in VHD, with the goal of improving disease grading, staging of extra-valvular cardiac damage, and risk stratification across the whole VHD spectrum.
Authors
- Paolo Springhetti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1103-2203)
- Denisa Muraru (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2514-3668)
- Marie-Annick A Clavel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8924-740X)
- Ana G. Almeida (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0360-4363)
Institutions
- IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano (IT)
- Institut universitaire de cardiologie et de pneumologie de Québec (CA)
- Hospital de Santa Maria (PT)
- Istituti di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IT)
- Université Laval (CA)
- University of Milano-Bicocca (IT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging
- Published
- 2025-11-08
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ehjci/jeaf311
- Primary Topic
- Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00