Racial and Ethnic Disparities Persist in the Current Era of Pediatric Heart Transplantation

: Older studies demonstrated that children in the U.S. from racial and ethnic minorities have inferior waitlist and post-heart transplant (HT) outcomes. Whether these disparities still exist in the contemporary era of increased ventricular assist device utilization remains unknown.

Source: Journal of Cardiac Failure - June 14, 2021 Category: Cardiology Authors: Shahnawaz Amdani, Salima A. Bhimani, Gerard Boyle, Wei Liu, Sarah Worley, Elizabeth Saarel, Eileen Hsich Source Type: research