Recent NIH Study Shows Racial Disparities in Heart Failure Treatment
Black adults receive less advanced heart failure treatments than white patients
Health Lab · Michigan Medicine Department of Communication
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Black adults treated at advanced heart failure centers received potentially life-changing therapies, such as transplants and heart pumps, about half as often as white adults, possibly due to racial bias, a small National Institutes of Health-supported study has found.
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