Racial Differences in the Use of Aortic Valve Replacement for Treatment of Symptomatic Severe Aortic Valve Stenosis in the Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Era

Racial Differences in the Use of Aortic Valve Replacement for Treatment of Symptomatic Severe Aortic Valve Stenosis in the Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Era

Background Aortic valve replacement (AVR) is a life‐saving treatment for patients with symptomatic severe aortic valve stenosis. We sought to determine whether transcatheter AVR has resulted in a more equitable treatment rate by race in the United States. Methods and Results A total of 32 853 patien...

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Main Authors: J. Matthew Brennan, Martin B. Leon, Paige Sheridan, Isabel J. Boero, Qinyu Chen, Angela Lowenstern, Vinod Thourani, Sreekanth Vemulapalli, Kevin Thomas, Tracy Y. Wang, Eric D. Peterson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2020-08-01
Series:Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
Subjects:
racial differences in care
symptomatic severe aortic valve stenosis
transcatheter aortic valve replacement
Online Access:https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.119.015879

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