Disparities by Sex, Race, and Ethnicity in Use of Left Ventricular Assist Devices and Heart Transplants Among Patients With Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction

Disparities by Sex, Race, and Ethnicity in Use of Left Ventricular Assist Devices and Heart Transplants Among Patients With Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction

Background The extent to which sex, racial, and ethnic groups receive advanced heart therapies equitably is unclear. We estimated the population rate of left ventricular assist device (LVAD) and heart transplant (HT) use among (non‐Hispanic) White, Hispanic, and (non‐Hispanic) Black men and women wh...

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Main Authors: Scott W. Rose, Braden W. Strackman, Olivia N. Gilbert, Karen E. Lasser, Michael K. Paasche‐Orlow, Meng‐Yun Lin, Georgia Saylor, Amresh D. Hanchate
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2024-01-01
Series:Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
Subjects:
ethnicity
heart failure
heart transplant
left ventricular assist device
race
reduced ejection fraction
Online Access:https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.123.031021

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