Evidence for racial disparity in cardiac transplantation survival rates

Studies show that survival rates of cardiac transplantation are lower for African American transplant recipients than for Caucasians. Due to similarities in terms of etiology, treatment modalities and responses to these modalities, the authors examine some potential variables for survival of cardiac...

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Published inJournal of cultural diversity Vol. 11; no. 1; pp. 25 - 30
Main Authors Flattery, Maureen P, Baker, Kathy M
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Ms. Sallie Monique Allen 2004
Subjects
African Americans
African Americans - genetics
African Americans - statistics & numerical data
Antigens
Candidates
Diabetes
Etiology
European Continental Ancestry Group - genetics
European Continental Ancestry Group - statistics & numerical data
Graft Survival
Health care access
Heart failure
Heart Failure - genetics
Heart Failure - mortality
Heart Transplantation - ethnology
Heart Transplantation - mortality
Heart transplants
Hemodialysis
Humans
Hypertension
Immunology
Inequality
Kidney diseases
Kidney Transplantation - ethnology
Kidney Transplantation - mortality
Kidney transplants
Leukocytes
Medicare
Morbidity
Mortality
Nursing
Population
Quality of life
Race
Racial differences
Risk Factors
Sex discrimination
Socioeconomic Factors
Survival Rate
Time Factors
Transplantation Tolerance - genetics
United States - epidemiology
White people
United States
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Summary:Studies show that survival rates of cardiac transplantation are lower for African American transplant recipients than for Caucasians. Due to similarities in terms of etiology, treatment modalities and responses to these modalities, the authors examine some potential variables for survival of cardiac transplantation that have been well documented in both the renal transplantation literature and the medically managed congestive heart failure literature. The authors also discuss access to care, socioeconomic factors and immunological differences in attempting to identify relevant factors for survival of cardiac transplantation.
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ISSN:1071-5568
2169-415X