Abstract The study Women in cardiac surgery: A global workforce analysis by Izumi et al. [1] provides important insights into women’s representation in the field of cardiac surgery worldwide and offers a useful benchmark..
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Abstract OBJECTIVES Cardiac surgery remains one of the most gender-imbalanced surgical specialties. Women constitute 6–11% of the North American workforce, while other regional data are scarce. Despite the acknowledged under-representation..
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Abstract Background Analyses of extensive registries indicate adverse outcomes for women undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery, while randomized studies often lack representativeness. Objective To compare adjusted hospital outcomes..
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Abstract Heart failure (HF) is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in pregnant women in the United States. Although peripartum cardiomyopathy is the most common diagnosis for pregnant women..
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Terry Trifiletti, CCP discusses how she came to be the founder of the Facebook society "Women in Perfusion" and what the mission of the women in perfusion society is meant..
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Another fantastic program about women in perfusion. Ann Gurecio, CCP, Stephanie Ibus, CCP, Erin Hermann, CCP, Terri Trifiletti, CCP and Linda Mongero, CCP discuss the history of women in perfusion..
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Summary Anaemia is common before cardiac surgery and is associated with increased morbidity and mortality. The World Health Organization (WHO) definition of anaemia is lower for women than for men..
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