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.

Methods

Using the INTERMACS (Interagency Registry of Mechanically Assisted Circulatory Support) database (2012-2017), this study examined census-adjusted VAD implantation rates by race, ethnicity, and sex in patients with ambulatory HF (INTERMACS profile 4-7) using negative binomial models with quadratic effect of time. Survival was evaluated using Kaplan-Meier estimates and Cox models adjusted for clinically relevan

SUBMITTER: Dixon DD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10614028 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature