Assessment of Sex Differences in the Initial Symptom Burden, Applied Treatment Strategy, and Quality of Life in Japanese Patients With Atrial Fibrillation

Abstract

In contemporary Japanese clinical practice among unselected patients with AF, women were initially seen with greater QOL impairment, and the sex gap grew 1 year after presentation. The present study underscores the need for focused efforts to better understand and close this observed sex gap over the initial year of treatment for patients with AF.