Background Specialised disease management programmes for heart failure aim to improve
care, clinical outcomes and/or reduce healthcare utilisation. Since the last version of this …

The American College of Cardiology (ACC) has a long history of developing documents (eg,
decision pathways, health policy statements, appropriate use criteria) to provide members …

Background Racial and ethnic disparities contribute to differences in access and outcomes
for patients undergoing heart transplantation. We evaluated contemporary outcomes for …

Background Assessment of the social determinants of post‐hospital cardiac care is needed.
We examined the association and predictive ability of neighborhood‐level determinants …

Background: Longstanding racial disparities in heart failure (HF) outcomes exist in the
United States, in part, due to social determinants of health. We examined whether …

Background Observational studies demonstrate that communities of low socioeconomic
status have higher blood pressure and worse cardiovascular outcomes. Yet, whether the …

Background Recent data suggest that neighborhood socioeconomic environment predicts
heart failure (HF) hospital readmissions. We investigated whether neighborhood deprivation …

Background: There is mixed evidence of racial and socioeconomic disparities in heart
transplant outcomes. Their underlying cause—and whether individual-or community-level …

Importance During the past decade, the incidence and mortality associated with acute
myocardial infarction (AMI) in the United States have decreased substantially. However, it is …

METHODS: Retrospective cohort analysis of 672190 admissions between January 1, 2012,
and December 31, 2012, to 41 children's hospitals in the Pediatric Health Information …