When Heart-assisting Implants Could Save a Life, Black, Female Patients Don't Get Them as Often - Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology

August 5, 2022 — Black people and women with severe heart failure who might be good candidates for surgery to implant a heart-assisting device have a lower chance of actually getting that operation than white patients, or male patients, a new study finds.  Th…

August 5, 2022  Black people and women with severe heart failure who might be good candidates for surgery to implant a heart-assisting device have a lower chance of actually getting that operation th… [+3950 chars]

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