P3529Left ventricular mass regression after aortic valve replacement: sex differences or effect of different methods of indexation?

Conclusions: In this study we tested different methods of LVM indexation in AS patients and found that LVM is similar in men and women. LVM indexation for height**2.7 seems to overextimate LVM in women because of their shorter height. When the appropriate normalcy reference values are applied, the prevalence of LVH is independent of sex. Irrespective of the indexation method, LVM reduction is greater in females whereas LVM normalization occurs in equal proportion in women and men, facilitated by lower limits of normalcy in women