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ReviewEuropean heart journal open2025

Bridging the gaps in interventional cardiology disparities-socioeconomic, geographic, and political inequalities.

Marta Kaluzna-Oleksy, Giulia Massiero, Salvatore De Rosa, Marta Bujak, Rania Hammami, Omeir Kadri, Mila Kovacevic, Rita Caldeira de Rocha, José Luis Leiva Pons, Marie-Claude Morice and 1 more

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Review in European heart journal open, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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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

1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. Strategies to Promote Health Equity in Interventional Cardiology: Practice, Research, Education, and Policy.Journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Marta Kaluzna-Oleksy1st Department of Cardiology, University of Medical Sciences in Poznan, Długa ½ Street, Poznan 61-848, Poland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4048-6247
Giulia MassieroDepartment of Cardiac, Thoracic, Vascular Sciences and Public Health, University of Padua Medical School, 35128 Padua, Italy.
Salvatore De RosaDepartment of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5388-942X
Marta BujakDivision of Cardiology and Structural Heart Diseases, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, 40-635 Katowice, Poland.
Rania HammamiFaculty of Medicine of Sfax, Military University Hospital of Sfax, University of Sfax, 3029 Sfax, Tunisia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1168-6450
Omeir KadriDepartment of Cardiology, Heart and Vascular Center, Rheinlandklinikum Neuss GmbH, 41540 Dormagen, Germany.
Mila KovacevicFaculty of Medicine, University of Novi Sad, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia.
Rita Caldeira de RochaCardiologist Serviço de Cardiologia, Hospital do Espírito Santo, 7000-811 Évora, Portugal.
José Luis Leiva PonsAutonomous University of San Luis Potosi, 78290 San Luis Potosi, Mexico.
Marie-Claude MoriceCentre Europeen de Recherche Cardiovasculaire, 7 rue du Théâtre, 91300 Massy, France.
Alaide ChieffoInterventional Cardiology Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, 20132 Milan, Italy.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Despite significant advancements in interventional cardiology, including PCI, TAVI, and other structural heart interventions, access to these life-saving procedures remains uneven across the globe. This viewpoint highlights how socioeconomic, geographic, and political disparities impact clinical decision-making, outcomes, and professional well-being. Drawing from real-world experience and health systems analysis, the article explores the multifaceted barriers that hinder equitable care-ranging from health literacy and rural access to workforce shortages and regulatory or reimbursement challenges. It further discusses the psychological burden on clinicians caused by moral distress and limited resources. Potential solutions, including telemedicine, decentralized training, public awareness campaigns, and policy advocacy, are proposed to bridge the gap and promote a more just and inclusive landscape in interventional cardiology.

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Healthcare disparitiesHealth equityInterventional cardiologySocioeconomic and geographic barriersTelemedicine

Identifiers

PMID41306828
PMCPMC12646147

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