A national evaluation of emergency department thoracotomy practices: Will a high-risk, low-yield procedure reveal potential management practice bias?

A Elkbuli, D Fanfan, K Newsome, M Sutherland, H Liu… - Surgery, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Emergency department thoracotomy is often performed on patients in extremis
from traumatic exsanguination. Thus, inherent biases may play a role in whether or not the …

Racism Conscious Approaches to Quality Improvement and Implementation Science Cardiovascular Research: Where Do We Go from Here?

CR Lee, N Moise - Journal of General Internal Medicine, 2023 - Springer
Black patients have higher age-adjusted heart failure–related cardiovascular disease
deaths, hospitalizations, and costs of care compared to White patients, with rates of death in …

Cardiology Follow-Up Among Patients With Cancer and Patients Without Cancer Hospitalized for Heart Failure: Still Much Room for Improvement

KC Michelis - American Journal of Cardiology, 2023 - ajconline.org
In the immediate posthospital discharge period, patients admitted for worsening heart failure
(HF) are at the highest risk for decompensation and readmission. 1 The current HF …

Racial Disparities in Outcomes of Delivery and Cardiac Complications Among Pregnant Women with Congenital Heart Disease

J Petersen, W Abusnina, S Beesabathina… - Journal of Racial and …, 2024 - Springer
Advances in cardiology have led to improved survival among patients with congenital heart
disease (CHD). Racial disparities in cardiovascular and maternal outcomes are well known …

Trajectory of Decongestion and Mortality in Young Adults with Acute Heart Failure

V Jain, MH Maqsood, TJ Siddiqi, AK Siddiqi… - Current Problems in …, 2023 - Elsevier
Although the prevalence of HF in young adults (age< 50 years) is increasing, there are
limited data on the trajectory of decongestion and short-term outcomes in young adults with …

Fundamental discussions on race and ethnicity for the cardiology workforce for the United States of America

S Karim, K Tamirisa, H Chaudhry - Journal of the American Heart …, 2021 - Am Heart Assoc
In the article entitled" Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity: Evolution of Race and Ethnicity
Considerations for the Cardiology Workforce in the United States of America From 1969 to …

Biology or disparity? Untangling racial differences in Val122Ile transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis

MM Kittleson - Journal of Cardiac Failure, 2022 - onlinejcf.com
Transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis (ATTR-CA) involves myocardial deposition of
transthyretin, normally involved in the transportation of the hormone thyroxine and retinol …

Heart failure in African Americans and Hispanic Americans: a persistent and disproportionate burden in underrepresented minorities

QR Youmans, IS Okwuosa, CW Yancy - Cardiovascular disease in racial …, 2021 - Springer
Heart failure (HF) is increasing in prevalence in the United States. African Americans and
Hispanic Americans have a disproportionate burden of cardiovascular disease risk factors …

The implementation frontier: impact on cardiovascular health in racial and ethnic minority populations

GA Mensah - Cardiovascular Disease in Racial and Ethnic Minority …, 2021 - Springer
Research advances in the prevention, detection, evaluation, and treatment of cardiovascular
disease have contributed to the remarkable declines in cardiovascular mortality rates …

“Delivering” Equitable Care for Patients With Heart Failure: From Clinical Trials to Implementation

EM DeFilippis, RA Salazar - Heart Failure, 2023 - jacc.org
Heart failure (HF) remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in this country. Novel
HF therapies such as angiotensinreceptor neprilysin inhibitors (ARNIs) and sodiumglucose …