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ReviewCurrent treatment options in cardiovascular medicine2020

Disparities in Cardiovascular Care and Outcomes for Women From Racial/Ethnic Minority Backgrounds.

Sujana Balla, Sofia Elena Gomez, Fatima Rodriguez

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Review in Current treatment options in cardiovascular medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers.

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28citing papers in PubMed
2.5field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

28 citing papers in PubMed, 47 citations in OpenAlex.

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  9. Telehealth-Readiness, Healthcare Access, and Cardiovascular Health in the Deep South: A Spatial Perspective.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025
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  17. Inherent Bias in Electronic Health Records: A Scoping Review of Sources of Bias.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Sujana Balla *Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco-Fresno, 155 N Fresno St, Fresno, CA 93701 USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8924-296X
Sofia Elena Gomez *Department of Medicine, Stanford University, 291 Campus Dr, Stanford, CA 94305 USA.
Fatima RodriguezDivision of Cardiovascular Medicine and the Cardiovascular Institute, Stanford University, 870 Quarry Road, Falk CVRC, Stanford, CA 94305-5406 USA.
Cardiovascular Institute of the South · USStanford University · USUniversity of California, San Francisco · US

Funding

Stanford Medicine Center for Longevity and Healthy Aging Research Education CoreP30AG059307 · NIA · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI PERIYAKOIL, VYJEYANTHI S, YESAVAGE, JEROME A · 2018 to 2025
$4.9M
SURPASS: (Statin Use and Risk Prediction of Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease in minority Subgroups)K01HL144607 · NHLBI · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI RODRIGUEZ, FATIMA · 2019 to 2023
$856k
NHLBI NIH HHS K01 HL144607NIA NIH HHS P30 AG059307
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purpose of reviewRacial, ethnic, and gender disparities in cardiovascular care are well-documented. This review aims to highlight the disparities and impact on a group particularly vulnerable to disparities, women from racial/ethnic minority backgrounds. RECENT

findingsWomen from racial/ethnic minority backgrounds remain underrepresented in major cardiovascular trials, limiting the generalizability of cardiovascular research to this population. Certain cardiovascular risk factors are more prevalent in women from racial/ethnic minority backgrounds, including traditional risk factors such as hypertension, obesity, and diabetes. Female-specific risk factors including gestational diabetes and preeclampsia as well as non-traditional psychosocial risk factors like depressive and anxiety disorders, increased child care, and familial and home care responsibility have been shown to increase risk for cardiovascular disease events in women more so than in men, and disproportionately affect women from racial/ethnic minority backgrounds. Despite this, minimal interventions to address differential risk have been proposed. Furthermore, disparities in treatment and outcomes that disadvantage minority women persist. The limited improvement in outcomes over time, especially among non-Hispanic Black women, is an area that requires further research and active interventions. SUMMARY: Understanding the lack of representation in cardiovascular trials, differential cardiovascular risk, and disparities in treatment and outcomes among women from racial/ethnic minority backgrounds highlights opportunities for improving cardiovascular care among this particularly vulnerable population.

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Cardiovascular care and outcomesGenderRacial/ethnic disparities

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PMID33223802
PMCPMC7669491
OpenAlexW3100476308

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