Sex Differences in Mortality Based on United Network for Organ Sharing Status While Awaiting Heart Transplantation [Original Articles]

Conclusions—
When stratified by initial UNOS status, women had a higher mortality than men as UNOS status 1 and a lower mortality as UNOS status 2. With >20 sex interactions for mortality and transplantation, further evaluation is warranted to form a more equitable allocation system.

Source: Circulation: Heart Failure - June 13, 2017 Category: Cardiology Authors: Hsich, E. M., Blackstone, E. H., Thuita, L., McNamara, D. M., Rogers, J. G., Ishwaran, H., Schold, J. D. Tags: Heart Failure, Transplantation Original Articles Source Type: research