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Racial disparities and outcomes of left ventricular assist device implantation as a bridge to heart transplantation.


ABSTRACT: AIMS:This study investigated outcomes after continuous flow left ventricular assist device (CF-LVAD) implantation as bridge to heart transplantation (BTT) in advanced heart failure patients stratified by race. METHODS AND RESULTS:De-identified data from the United Network for Organ Sharing database was obtained for all patients who had a CF-LVAD as BTT from 2008 to 2018. Patients were stratified into four groups on the basis of ethnicity [Caucasian, African American (AA), Hispanic, and others (Asian, Pacific Islanders, and American Indian)]. Outcomes investigated were waitlist mortality or delisting and post-transplant 5 year survival. Cox proportional hazards modelling was used to identify independent predictors of waitlist mortality or delisting and post-transplant survival. We used Kaplan-Meier survival curves and the log-rank test to estimate and compare survival among groups. A total of 14 234 patients who had CF-LVADs as BTT were identified. Of these, 64% (n = 9058) were Caucasians, 26% (n = 3677) were AA, 7% (n = 997) were Hispanic, and 3% (n = 502) had a different race. Compared with Caucasian, AA, and Hispanic patients had higher body mass indexes and a lower level of education and are more likely to be public health insurance beneficiaries. There was a significantly lower incidence of transplantation in AAs compared with Caucasians, Hispanics, and others at 12, 24, and 60 months, respectively (Gray's test, P < 0.001). The AA race was a significant predictor of waitlist mortality or delisting owing to worsening clinical status [hazard ratio, 95% confidence interval: 1.10 (1.01 to 1.16; P < 0.001)]. Among those who were successfully BTT, risk-adjusted post-transplant survival was similar among the four groups (log-rank test: P = 0.589). CONCLUSIONS:Disparities exist among different races that receive a CF-LVAD as a BTT. These disparities translate into increased waitlist morbidity and mortality but not long-term post-transplant survival among those who successfully reach transplant.

SUBMITTER: Okoh AK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7524221 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Racial disparities and outcomes of left ventricular assist device implantation as a bridge to heart transplantation.

Okoh Alexis Kofi AK   Selevanny Mariam M   Singh Supreet S   Hirji Sameer S   Singh Swaiman S   Al Obaidi Nawar N   Lee Leonard Y LY   Camacho Margarita M   Russo Mark J MJ  

ESC heart failure 20200706 5


<h4>Aims</h4>This study investigated outcomes after continuous flow left ventricular assist device (CF-LVAD) implantation as bridge to heart transplantation (BTT) in advanced heart failure patients stratified by race.<h4>Methods and results</h4>De-identified data from the United Network for Organ Sharing database was obtained for all patients who had a CF-LVAD as BTT from 2008 to 2018. Patients were stratified into four groups on the basis of ethnicity [Caucasian, African American (AA), Hispanic  ...[more]

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