The lives lost to inequities: avertable deaths from neurologic diseases in the past decade

SH Woolf, DA Chapman, JH Lee, KC Johnston… - Neurology, 2023 - AAN Enterprises
Background and Objectives Mortality rates for neurologic diseases are increasing in the
United States, with large disparities across geographical areas and populations. Racial and …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cardiovascular disease mortality in a major metropolitan area

YJ Kim, S Kim, J An, AS Volgman, NT Nazir - American Heart Journal Plus …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background The mortality from COVID-19 alone cannot account for the impact of the
pandemic. Cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality has increased disproportionately in …

Forecasting the Burden of Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke in the United States Through 2050—Prevalence of Risk Factors and Disease: A Presidential Advisory …

KE Joynt Maddox, MSV Elkind, HJ Aparicio… - Circulation, 2024 - Am Heart Assoc
BACKGROUND: Cardiovascular disease and stroke are common and costly, and their
prevalence is rising. Forecasts on the prevalence of risk factors and clinical events are …

[HTML][HTML] Long-term cardiovascular disease outcomes in non-hospitalized medicare beneficiaries diagnosed with COVID-19: Population-based matched cohort study

Q Yang, A Chang, X Tong, SL Jackson, RK Merritt - Plos one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Background SARS-CoV2, the virus that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), can
affect multiple human organs structurally and functionally, including the cardiovascular …

Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Management of Chronic Coronary Disease

WL Tang, F Rodriguez - Medical Clinics, 2024 - medical.theclinics.com
Chronic coronary disease (CCD) comprises a continuum of conditions that include
obstructive and non-obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD) with or without prior acute …

Race, sex, and neighborhood socioeconomic disparities in ablation of ventricular tachycardia within a national Medicare cohort

R Kipp, M Kalscheur, AM Sheehy… - Journal of the …, 2022 - Am Heart Assoc
Background Ventricular tachycardia (VT) ablation significantly improves our ability to control
VT, yet little is known about whether disparities exist in delivery of this technology. Methods …

Health Care Access and Cardiovascular Risk Factor Management Among Working-Age US Adults During the Pandemic

LX Marinacci, V Bartlett, ZN Zheng, S Mein… - … Quality and Outcomes, 2023 - Am Heart Assoc
BACKGROUND: Low-income working-age US adults disproportionately experienced health
care disruptions at the onset of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. Little is known …

Diversity in US cardiovascular trainees and leadership where we are and what the future holds

CW Sossou, S Fakhra, K Batra, B Nouthe… - Current problems in …, 2023 - Elsevier
Cardiovascular (CV) outcomes can be improved with commonality between provider and
patient regarding gender and race/ethnicity. Slow growth in CV care provider diversity is an …

Sign of the times: Community engagement to refine a cardiovascular mHealth intervention through a virtual focus group series during the COVID-19 Pandemic

LPC Brewer, J Cyriac, A Kumbamu, LE Burke… - Digital …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Background African-Americans are underrepresented in mobile health intervention research
studies which can perpetuate health inequities and the digital divide. A community-based …

Changes in surgical mortality during COVID-19 pandemic by patients' race, ethnicity and socioeconomic status among US older adults: a quasi-experimental event …

MB Blegen, JM Rook, NJ Jackson… - BMJ open, 2024 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives To examine changes in the 30-day surgical mortality rate after common surgical
procedures during the COVID-19 pandemic and investigate whether its impact varies by …