Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Access to Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Surgery.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Whether people from racial and ethnic minority groups experience disparities in access to minimally invasive mitral valve surgery (MIMVS) is not known.

Objective

To investigate racial and ethnic disparities in the utilization of MIMVS.

Design, setting, and participants

This cross-sectional study used data from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Database for patients who underwent mitral valve surgery between 2014 and 2019. Statistical analysis was performed from January 24 to August 11, 2022.

Exposures

Patients were categorized as non-Hispanic White, non-Hispanic Black, and Hispanic individuals.

Main outcomes and measures

The association between MIMVS (vs full sternotomy) and race and ethnicity were evaluated using logistic regression.

Result

SUBMITTER: Glance LG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9857175 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature