Racial and Ethnic Disparities Persist in the Current Era of Pediatric Heart Transplantation

Previous studies have demonstrated that children in the United States who were of racial and ethnic minorities have inferior waitlist and post-heart transplant (HT) outcomes. Whether these disparities still exist in the contemporary era of increased ventricular assist device use remains unknown. All...

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Published in:Journal of cardiac failure 2021-09, Vol.27 (9), p.957-964
Main Authors: Amdani, Shahnawaz, Bhimani, Salima A., Boyle, Gerard, Liu, Wei, Worley, Sarah, Saarel, Elizabeth, Hsich, Eileen
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Child
Ethnicity
Healthcare Disparities
Heart Failure
Heart Transplantation
Hispanic or Latino
Humans
Racial Groups
United States - epidemiology
White People
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Summary:Previous studies have demonstrated that children in the United States who were of racial and ethnic minorities have inferior waitlist and post-heart transplant (HT) outcomes. Whether these disparities still exist in the contemporary era of increased ventricular assist device use remains unknown. All children (age
ISSN:1071-9164
1532-8414
DOI:10.1016/j.cardfail.2021.05.027