Cardiovascular disease is often portrayed as a ‘mans disease’. However, certain types of heart failure are twice as common in women. This recording outlinea differences between heart failure types, and how sex-specific risk factors impact the development of heart failure. It will discuss what is currently known about female physiology in the context of heart failure, and what gaps still exist in the evidence.
This webinar was part of our Women's Health in Paramedicine series, presented by clinical nurse consultant and academic Kate Drury.
Biography: Kate Drury
Kate is a clinical nurse consultant with fifteen years of experience in emergency and is currently working in the deteriorating patient portfolio of a tertiary hospital in Sydney. Alongside her clinical role, Kate works as an academic at UNSW in the Discipline of Exercise Physiology. In 2024, Kate won the 3-Minute Thesis heat at Western Sydney University for her work on sex bias in heart failure.
Kate’s research is focused on using exercise testing to understand a range of cardiopulmonary diseases, and how sex and gender influence pathophysiology, diagnosis, and treatment.
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