Duke researchers highlight gender differences in heart failure
14th Nov 2006, 22:41 GMT
Women tend to live longer with heart failure than do men, and they also tend to have a less severe form of the disease, which is characterized by reduced performance of the heart muscle, according to a study by Duke University Medical Center cardiologists.
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