Evaluation of Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Cardiac Transplantation
Chouairi F, Fuery M, Clark KA, Mullan CW, Stewart J, Caraballo C, Clarke J, Sen S, Guha A, Ibrahim NE, Cole RT, Holaday L, Anwer M, Geirsson A, Rogers JG, Velazquez EJ, Desai NR, Ahmad T, Miller PE. Evaluation of Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Cardiac Transplantation. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2021, 10: e021067. PMID: 34431324, PMCID: PMC8649228, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.120.021067.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsWhite patientsHispanic patientsBlack patientsCardiac transplantationHeart transplantationHigh riskEthnic disparitiesAdult heart recipientsAllocation system changePost-transplant deathPost-transplant mortalityOrgan Sharing databasePost-transplantation deathNew allocation systemHeart recipientsDiabetes mellitusRenal diseaseSharing databaseTransplantation ratesUnited NetworkContemporary outcomesPatientsTransplantationDonor characteristicsStudy period