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Archive Home > 2008 > November > 13 > Gender may matter for heart transplants

Gender may matter for heart transplants

By Marilynn Marchione / The Bulletin
November 13, 2008

NEW ORLEANS — Turns out men and women really are different at heart: New research finds that heart transplant patients have better odds of survival and a lower risk of rejection if they get organs from donors of the same sex.

Size may be part of the explanation. Men’s hearts....

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