ArticleCirculation. Heart failure2021
Better Understanding the Disparity Associated With Black Race in Heart Transplant Outcomes: A National Registry Analysis.
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- Heart Transplant Equity: Effect of 2018 Allocation Policy Change on Recipient Mortality and Morbidity by Race and Ethnicity.Journal of the American College of Surgeons · 2025Article
- Racial and Regional Disparities in Trends in NICM-Related Mortality in the U.S. From 1999 to 2020.JACC. Advances · 2024Article
- Association between pre-heart transplant kidney function and post-transplant outcomes in Black and White adults.Journal of nephrology · 2024Article
- Racial Differences in Donor-Derived Cell-Free DNA and Mitochondrial DNA After Heart Transplantation, on Behalf of the GRAfT Investigators.Circulation. Heart failure · 2024Article
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- Investigating health disparities in vestibular rehabilitation.Journal of vestibular research : equilibrium & orientation · 2024Article
- Are exceptions justified in the current heart allocation system?JHLT open · 2023Article
- Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation bridge to pediatric lung transplantation: Modern era analysis.Pediatric transplantation · 2023Article
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- Racial disparity exists in the utilization and post-transplant survival benefit of ventricular assist device support in children.The Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation · 2023Article
- Temporal trends in primary payers in pediatric heart transplant and association with long-term survival.Pediatric transplantation · 2023Article
- Racial Disparities in Coronavirus Disease 2019 Mortality Are Present in Heart Transplant Recipients.The Annals of thoracic surgery · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundBlack heart transplant recipients have higher risk of mortality than White recipients. Better understanding of this disparity, including subgroups most affected and timing of the highest risk, is necessary to improve care of Black recipients. We hypothesize that this disparity may be most pronounced among young recipients, as barriers to care like socioeconomic factors may be particularly salient in a younger population and lead to higher early risk of mortality.
methodsWe studied 22 997 adult heart transplant recipients using the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients data from January 2005 to 2017 using Cox regression models adjusted for recipient, donor, and transplant characteristics.
resultsAmong recipients aged 18 to 30 years, Black recipients had 2.05-fold (95% CI, 1.67-2.51) higher risk of mortality compared with non-Black recipients (
conclusionsYoung Black recipients have a high risk of mortality in the first year after heart transplant, which has been masked in decades of research looking at disparities in aggregate. To reduce overall racial disparities, clinical research moving forward should focus on targeted interventions for young Black recipients during this period.
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