Primary prevention implantable cardioverter-defibrillators in older racial and ethnic minority patients.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Racial and ethnic minorities are under-represented in clinical trials of primary prevention implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs). This analysis investigates the association between primary prevention ICDs and mortality among Medicare, racial/ethnic minority patients.

Methods and results

Data from Get With The Guidelines-Heart Failure Registry and National Cardiovascular Data Registry's ICD Registry were used to perform an adjusted comparative effectiveness analysis of primary prevention ICDs in Medicare, racial/ethnic minority patients (nonwhite race or Hispanic ethnicity). Mortality data were obtained from the Medicare denominator file. The relationship of ICD with survival was compared between minority and white non-Hispanic patients. Our analysis incl

SUBMITTER: Pokorney SD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4426962 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature