Sex differences in the risk factors, diagnosis, treatment, and outcomes of patients with cardiovascular disease have been ...

In February 2013, while having a long-overdue dinner with her dear friend from med school, pediatrician Feleneta Villegas ...

The heart is a highly sex-biased organ, as sex shapes innumerable aspects of heart health and disease. Sex chromosomes and sex hormones —testosterone, progesterone, and estrogen— establish and ...

goes down through the chest and diaphragm via the aortic hiatus, and into the abdomen. From there, it splits into two iliac arteries to provide blood to the pelvis and legs. An AAA is a dilation ...