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SUBMITTER: Chouairi F
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8649228 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Chouairi Fouad F Fuery Michael M Clark Katherine A KA Mullan Clancy W CW Stewart James J Caraballo Cesar C Clarke John-Ross D JD Sen Sounok S Guha Avirup A Ibrahim Nasrien E NE Cole Robert T RT Holaday Louisa L Anwer Muhammed M Geirsson Arnar A Rogers Joseph G JG Velazquez Eric J EJ Desai Nihar R NR Ahmad Tariq T Miller P Elliott PE
Journal of the American Heart Association 20210825 17
Background Racial and ethnic disparities contribute to differences in access and outcomes for patients undergoing heart transplantation. We evaluated contemporary outcomes for heart transplantation stratified by race and ethnicity as well as the new 2018 allocation system. Methods and Results Adult heart recipients from 2011 to 2020 were identified in the United Network for Organ Sharing database and stratified into 3 groups: Black, Hispanic, and White. We analyzed recipient and donor characteri ...[more]