Evolving Trends and Widening Racial Disparities in Children Listed for Heart Transplantation in the United States

Circulation. 2022 Jul 19;146(3):262-264. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.122.060223. Epub 2022 Jul 18.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiac Surgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA (M.M.Z., Q.C., G.R., G.G., J.T., A.A.O., M.E.B., J.C., R.W.K.).
² Department of Vascular Surgery, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX (S.A.T.).
³ Division of Cardiac Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA (A.A.O.).
⁴ University of Michigan Congenital Heart Center, C. S. Mott Children's Hospital, Ann Arbor, MI (V.S., K.R.S.).

No abstract available

Keywords: health status disparities; heart transplantation; waiting lists.

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Child
Health Status Disparities
Healthcare Disparities
Heart Transplantation*
Humans
Racial Groups*
United States / epidemiology
Waiting Lists

Grants and funding

T32 HL116273/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States