Journal article
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Ambulatory Heart Failure Ventricular Assist Device Implantation and Survival
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Durable left ventricular assist devices (VADs) improve survival in eligible patients, but allocation has been associated with patient race in addition to presumed heart failure (HF) severity.
OBJECTIVES: This study sought to determine racial and ethnic differences in VAD implantation rates and post-VAD survival among patients with ambulatory HF.
Authors
Dixon DD; Knapp SM; Ilonze O; Lewsey SC; Mazimba S; Mohammed S; Van Spall HGC; Breathett K
Journal
JACC Heart Failure, Vol. 11, No. 10, pp. 1397–1407
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
October 2023
DOI
10.1016/j.jchf.2023.05.017
ISSN
2213-1779