Gender Difference in the Association between Aortic Pulse Pressure and Left Ventricular Filling Pressure in the Elderly: An Invasive Hemodynamic Study

Invasively measured APP is independently associated with E/e′ in elderly women, but not in elderly men undergoing ICA. Aortic stiffness may be a potential mechanism for more prevalent LV diastolic dysfunction and heart failure with preserved ejection fraction in elderly women.