Racial Disparities in Access to High-Volume Mitral Valve Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Repair Centers.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Severe mitral regurgitation is a progressive disease associated with high morbidity and mortality, and frequent readmissions for heart failure. Surgical mitral valve repair or replacement has been the gold-standard treatment; however, advances in transcatheter edge-to-edge repair (TEER) have provided alternatives for high-risk surgical patients. There are no data on racial disparities in access to high-volume TEER centers.

Methods

Data on TEER hospitalizations from New York, New Jersey, Maryland, North Carolina, Washington, Colorado, Arizona, and Florida were analyzed using the State Inpatient Databases for 2016. The baseline characteristics of patients who underwent TEER at high- (≥25 procedures per year) and low-volume centers were identified. The association be

SUBMITTER: Steitieh D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11308692 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep-Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature