TY - JOUR
T1 - Racial and ethnic disparities in heart failure
T2 - Current state and future directions
AU - Lewsey, Sabra C.
AU - Breathett, Khadijah
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2021/5/1
Y1 - 2021/5/1
N2 - Purpose of reviewThis review discusses the current state of racial and ethnic inequities in heart failure burden, outcomes, and management. This review also frames considerations for bridging disparities to optimize quality heart failure care across diverse communities.Recent findingsTreatment options for heart failure have diversified and overall heart failure survival has improved with the advent of effective pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic therapies. With increased recognition, some racial/ethnic disparity gaps have narrowed whereas others in heart failure outcomes, utilization of therapies, and advanced therapy access persist or worsen.SummaryRacial and ethnic minorities have the highest incidence, prevalence, and hospitalization rates from heart failure. In spite of improved therapies and overall survival, the mortality disparity gap in African American patients has widened over time. Racial/ethnic inequities in access to cardiovascular care, utilization of efficacious guideline-directed heart failure therapies, and allocation of advanced therapies may contribute to disparate outcomes. Strategic and earnest interventions considering social and structural determinants of health are critically needed to bridge racial/ethnic disparities, increase dissemination, and implementation of preventive and therapeutic measures, and collectively improve the health and longevity of patients with heart failure.
AB - Purpose of reviewThis review discusses the current state of racial and ethnic inequities in heart failure burden, outcomes, and management. This review also frames considerations for bridging disparities to optimize quality heart failure care across diverse communities.Recent findingsTreatment options for heart failure have diversified and overall heart failure survival has improved with the advent of effective pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic therapies. With increased recognition, some racial/ethnic disparity gaps have narrowed whereas others in heart failure outcomes, utilization of therapies, and advanced therapy access persist or worsen.SummaryRacial and ethnic minorities have the highest incidence, prevalence, and hospitalization rates from heart failure. In spite of improved therapies and overall survival, the mortality disparity gap in African American patients has widened over time. Racial/ethnic inequities in access to cardiovascular care, utilization of efficacious guideline-directed heart failure therapies, and allocation of advanced therapies may contribute to disparate outcomes. Strategic and earnest interventions considering social and structural determinants of health are critically needed to bridge racial/ethnic disparities, increase dissemination, and implementation of preventive and therapeutic measures, and collectively improve the health and longevity of patients with heart failure.
KW - cardiovascular disease
KW - disparities
KW - ethnic groups
KW - health equity
KW - heart failure
KW - outcomes
KW - race
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85103993972
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U2 - 10.1097/HCO.0000000000000855
DO - 10.1097/HCO.0000000000000855
M3 - Review article
C2 - 33741769
AN - SCOPUS:85103993972
SN - 0268-4705
VL - 36
SP - 320
EP - 328
JO - Current Opinion in Cardiology
JF - Current Opinion in Cardiology
IS - 3
ER -