Johns Hopkins University researchers studied more than 18,000 patients. They found recipients with matching genders had a 14 percent lower risk of rejection and a 20 percent lower risk of death compared to donor hearts coming from the other sex.
Scientists suspect size plays a role. But authors do not recommend rejecting a heart based on gender.
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