February 5, 2021
Young Black transplant recipients are less likely to have the financial and social resources they need to fully recover after surgery.
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Doctors have long known that Black patients have worse outcomes after heart transplants than members of other racial groups, but a new study has shed light on exactly which segment of the population is skewing the numbers. It turns out that older Black heart transplant patients have outcomes similar to non-Black patients, but young Black adults fare much worse.
In fact, Black patients in the 18–30 age bracket are twice as likely to die in the first year after their transplant, and 1.5 times as likely to die five years post-transplant, according to the paper, which was published February 2021 in the journal
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DALLAS, Feb. 2, 2021 Young, Black adults are more than twice as likely to die in the first year after a heart transplant when compared to same-age, non-Black heart transplant recipients, according to new research published today in
Circulation:
Heart Failure, an American Heart Association journal.
Research has consistently shown that Black heart transplant recipients have a higher risk of death following heart transplantation compared to non-Black recipients. Black patients have higher prevalence of cardiovascular disease at younger ages, and therefore, they may need heart transplants at younger ages. Researchers hypothesized that studies focused on disparities among Black heart transplant recipients may be missing an even greater disparity – younger Black patients.
Young, Black patients at higher risk of death in the first year after a heart transplant
Young, Black adults are more than twice as likely to die in the first year after a heart transplant when compared to same-age, non-Black heart transplant recipients, according to new research published today in
Circulation:
Heart Failure, an American Heart Association journal.
Research has consistently shown that Black heart transplant recipients have a higher risk of death following heart transplantation compared to non-Black recipients. Black patients have a higher prevalence of cardiovascular disease at younger ages, and therefore, they may need heart transplants at younger ages.
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