Racial differences in setting of implantable cardioverter-defibrillator placement in older adults with heart failure and association with disparate post-implant outcomes

BackgroundImplantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) placement in heart failure (HF) patients during or early after (≤90 days) unplanned cardiovascular hospitalizations has been associated with poor outcomes. Racial and ethnic differences in this “peri-hospitalization” ICD placement have not been...

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Published in:	Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
Main Authors:	Ehimare Akhabue, Nathaniel Kuhrt, Poonam Gandhi, Melanie Rua, Uri Shalmon, Aayush Visaria, Larry R Jackson, Soko Setoguchi
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-09-01
Subjects:	cardiovascular outcomes implantable cardioverter-defibrillator heart failure primary prevention racial and ethnic differences
Online Access:	https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcvm.2023.1197353/full