Disparities in heart transplant survival and graft rejection outcomes persist in the modern era: a call to race towards a more equitable future.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Racial and ethnic disparities remain an ongoing challenge in healthcare. Such inequities have been reported in heart transplantation (HTx); however, there is limited data within the modern era. Additionally, there is scarce information on outcomes besides death, such as graft rejection. Therefore, our investigation aims to add further data on contemporary racial and ethnic disparities on post-transplant outcomes.

Methods

Adult isolated HTx recipients who were transplanted between 1/2000 and 9/2023 were analysed using the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) database. Inclusion criteria included 'White', 'Black', 'Hispanic' and 'Asian' recipients. Two primary outcomes of interest were analysed: mortality and cardiac allograft vasculopathy (CAV). Survival was ass

SUBMITTER: Firoz A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12036964 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature