Sex Differences in Post-COVID Heart Problems Call for Varied Management Strategies

Article title: Sex differences in the cardiac stress response following SARS-CoV-2 infection of ferrets

Authors: Sarah Rouhana, Kathy Jacyniak, Magen E. Francis, Darryl Falzarano, Alyson A. Kelvin, W. Glen Pyle

From the authors: “Finally, the clear and important differences in myocardial effects of SARS-CoV-2 infection seen between males and females underscore the need to consider sex as a biological variable in COVID-19 management and to create treatment strategies that specifically target the problems that drive adverse cardiovascular outcomes in females and males.”

This study is highlighted as one of November’s “best of the best” as part of the American Physiological Society's APSselect program.