Racial and ethnic differences in diagnosis, healthcare utilization and 1-year outcomes for patients with significant tricuspid regurgitation.

ABSTRACT: Background: The impact of race and ethnicity on prognosis and clinical outcomes in patients with significant tricuspid regurgitation (sTR) is not well understood. Aim: Describe healthcare utilization trends preceding the development of sTR and assess clinical outcomes 1-year post-sTR status by race and ethnicity. Materials & methods: We conducted a retrospective, longitudinal descriptive study using data from a large database containing electronic health record and insurance claims information. We employed multivariate modeling to assess the relationship between 1-year clinical outcomes and mutually exclusive race/ethnicity groups and other baseline factors. Results: Black patients were more likely to be identified as having sTR as inpatients when compared with

SUBMITTER: Medina F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12711072 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature