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Female hormonal status affects vascular integrity and cardiac remodeling. As menopausal transition is complex and individually variable, we used age as a surrogate for hormonal status and compared outcomes in younger and older women with age\u2010matched men.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Data from 5.275 patients from the EUROMACS registry were screened. Women &lt;\u200940\u2009years (31.0\u2009\u00b1\u20096.3\u2009years,\n                      <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u2009142, surrogate premenopausal) and\u2009&gt;\u200960\u2009years (65.5\u2009\u00b1\u20093.7\u2009years,\n                      <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u2009256, surrogate postmenopausal) were included, while women aged 40\u201360\u2009years were excluded to avoid misclassification during the perimenopausal transition. For comparison, 2138 age\u2010matched males were included. The primary outcome was survival, with transplantation and weaning as competing risks. Secondary outcomes were defined as adverse events and length of intensive\u2010care\u2010unit stay.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Young women were more likely to present in cardiogenic shock before LVAD implantation (INTERMACS level1\u20102: 65.6% vs. 45.4%,\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.022). Within four years, young women had higher rates of weaning, transplantation and survival (weaning:sHR 1.58, 95% CI 0.73\u20133.4,\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.248; transplant: sHR2.93, 95% CI 1.86\u20134.61,\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009&lt;\u20090.001; survival:sHR 2.25, 95% CI 1.48\u20133.41;\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.001). Major adverse events were more frequent in older women (bleeding: RR2.53, 95%\u2010CI 1.7\u20133.8,\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009&lt;\u20090.001; infection: RR1.43, 95% CI 1.2\u20131.8,\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009&lt;\u20090.001). Comparable differences were observed in age\u2010matched males.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Outcomes differed between age groups, but not consistently between sexes within the same age group, suggesting age rather than sex or menopausal status driving outcome differences. These descriptive findings support equitable consideration of LVAD therapy irrespective of sex.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1111\/aor.70063","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,11,22]],"date-time":"2025-11-22T03:15:35Z","timestamp":1763781335000},"page":"590-600","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Age as a Surrogate for Hormonal Status and Outcomes of Women on Left Ventricular Assist Device Support: An\n                    <scp>EUROMACS<\/scp>\n                    Analysis"],"prefix":"10.1111","volume":"50","author":[{"given":"Isabell A.","family":"Just","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery Deutsches Herzzentrum der Charit\u00e9 (DHZC)  Berlin Germany"},{"name":"Charit\u00e9\u2014Universit\u00e4tsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universit\u00e4t Berlin, Humboldt\u2010Universit\u00e4t zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health  Berlin Germany"},{"name":"DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Site  Berlin Germany"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Julia","family":"Stein","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery Deutsches Herzzentrum der Charit\u00e9 (DHZC)  Berlin Germany"},{"name":"Charit\u00e9\u2014Universit\u00e4tsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universit\u00e4t Berlin, Humboldt\u2010Universit\u00e4t zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health  Berlin Germany"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-9225-016X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Nikolaos","family":"Cholevas","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery Deutsches Herzzentrum der Charit\u00e9 (DHZC)  Berlin Germany"},{"name":"Charit\u00e9\u2014Universit\u00e4tsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universit\u00e4t Berlin, Humboldt\u2010Universit\u00e4t zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health  Berlin Germany"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Nicolas","family":"Merke","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery Deutsches Herzzentrum der Charit\u00e9 (DHZC)  Berlin Germany"},{"name":"Charit\u00e9\u2014Universit\u00e4tsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universit\u00e4t Berlin, Humboldt\u2010Universit\u00e4t zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health  Berlin Germany"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Evgenij","family":"Potapov","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery Deutsches Herzzentrum der Charit\u00e9 (DHZC)  Berlin Germany"},{"name":"Charit\u00e9\u2014Universit\u00e4tsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universit\u00e4t Berlin, Humboldt\u2010Universit\u00e4t zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health  Berlin Germany"},{"name":"DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Site  Berlin Germany"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Volkmar","family":"Falk","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery Deutsches Herzzentrum der Charit\u00e9 (DHZC)  Berlin Germany"},{"name":"Charit\u00e9\u2014Universit\u00e4tsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universit\u00e4t Berlin, Humboldt\u2010Universit\u00e4t zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health  Berlin Germany"},{"name":"Translational Cardiovascular Technologies, Department of Health Sciences ETH Z\u00fcrich  Zurich Switzerland"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Theo M. 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