ArticleJournal of the American Heart Association2025
Racial Disparities in Heart Transplantation: Long-Term Graft Survival and Nonmortality Outcomes.
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- A systematic review of the relationship between race and health-related quality of life outcomes in patients with advanced heart failure who undergo heart transplantation or mechanical circulatory support.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2026Pooled it
- From rejection to vasculopathy: a review of non-invasive biomarkers in alloimmune responses in heart transplantation.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Review
- Unequal Hearts: Racial Disparities Persist in Heart Transplant Outcomes.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2025Article
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backgroundPrior studies have reported conflicting evidence on racial disparities in heart transplant outcomes, often focusing only on short-term mortality rates. We assessed longer-term survival and a broader range of post-heart transplant outcomes by race.
methodsWe analyzed adult heart transplant recipients from 2017 to 2022 in the SRTR (Scientific Registry for Transplant Recipients), categorizing race as Black, non-Hispanic White, or Other. The primary outcome was graft failure at 1 and 3 years. Secondary outcomes included acute rejection, renal dysfunction, and posttransplant diabetes. χ
resultsAmong 15 873 recipients (63% White, 23% Black, 14% Other), Black recipients were more likely female, publicly insured, and less likely to be college educated. They also had higher use of durable ventricular assist devices and intra-aortic balloon pump at transplant. One-year graft survival was similar across groups (91.8% Black versus 91.1% non-Black), but 3-year survival was lower among Black individuals (83.4% versus 85.7%,
conclusionsRacial disparities in heart transplant outcomes persist, particularly in longer-term survival. These disparities may be partially mediated by differences in posttransplant complications such as rejection, renal dysfunction, and diabetes.
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