Is female sex associated with a better long-term survival in patients hospitalized with congestive heart failure?
In patients hospitalized with congestive heart failure male gender is an independent predictor of mortality. Female heart failure patients may be under-treated with ACE inhibitors.
These findings indicate that the prevalence of cardiac dysrhythmias in elderly patients with echocardiographically normal hearts is not influenced by the presence of angiographically significant CAD.