Sex‐Difference of Associations Between Cigarette Smoking and Myocardial Fibrosis: The Multi‐Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis
In this population study, cigarette smoking was associated with a higher prevalence of interstitial-myocardial-fibrosis in women but not in men, indicating differences in the pathophysiology of cardiovascular disease by sex.
Authors
- Vinithra Varadarajan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0146-1100)
- Carl Wu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6933-5763)
- David Bluemke
- Elie W. Akl
- João A. C. Lima
- Karol E. Watson
- Ralph Zeitoun
- Haiou Li
- Omar Chehab
- Bharath Ambale‐Venkatesh
Institutions
- Brigham and Women's Hospital (US)
- National Institutes of Health (US)
- University of Wisconsin–Madison (US)
- Johns Hopkins University (US)
- Georgetown University (US)
- Georgetown University Medical Center (US)
- Wake Forest University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of the American Heart Association
- Published
- 2026-02-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1161/jaha.125.044664
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 31.92