title: Women recover from aortic valve surgery more quickly than men.  Research shows that women's hearts shrink back to a healthier size after surgery at a faster rate than men's hearts after the same operation.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation; D006801:Humans; D017379:Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D020127:Recovery of Function; D012737:Sex Factors