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

ABSTRACT:

Background

Previous studies have demonstrated that children in the United States who were of 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 use remains unknown.

Methods

All children (age <18 years) in the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients database listed for HT from December 2011 to February 2019 were included and were separated into 5 races/ethnicities: Caucasian, African American, Hispanic, Asian, and Other. Differences in clinical characteristics and survival among children of different racial/ethnic groups were compared at listing and at HT.

Results

The waitlist cohort consisted of 2134 (52.2%) Caucasian, 840

SUBMITTER: Amdani S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10257978 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature