Sex Disparity in Cardiovascular Disease Outcomes: Do Our Current Echocardiographic Reference Ranges Measure Up?

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Sex Disparity in Cardiovascular Disease Outcomes: Do Our Current Echocardiographic Reference Ranges Measure Up?

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University of Otago

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Otago University Research Archive

Description

Reducing inequity in access to health care and disparity in health outcomes remain key objectives in cardiovascular medicine. Echocardiography is often the primary diagnostic tool used to detect cardiovascular disease (CVD), and relies on comparison with published reference ranges to appropriately detect pathology. Our understanding of the contribution of age, sex and ethnicity to quantification of cardiac size is improving, but cardiovascular disease management guidelines have yet to evolve....

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Research paper

Research format

Scholarly text / Journal article

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Article

Date created

2021-01

Creator

Martin, Josh / Coffey, Sean / Whalley, Gillian A.

URL

https://hdl.handle.net/10523/21499

Related subjects

Echocardiography / Reference ranges / Sex

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