Influence of race in heart failure and cardiac transplantation: Mortality differences are eliminated by specialized, comprehensive care

Impact of Donor–Recipient Race Matching on Survival After Lung Transplantation: Analysis of Over 11,000 Patients

“…A growing body of literature exists focusing on the impact of race on treatment and outcomes in different diseases, including idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), 1 chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), 2 heart failure, 3 peripheral vascular disease, 4 hypertension 5 and some cancers. 6,7 Research has focused on access to care and biologic differences underlying responses to care.…”

Lung Transplant Outcomes in White and African American Recipients: Special Focus on Acute and Chronic Rejection

“…In particular, studies that found racial differences in transplant outcomes have also shown that rejection appears to be more common in African American recipients. 6,8,10,12,13 Race and ethnicity have been shown to affect waiting-list survival for lung transplant candidates with certain diagnoses. 14,15 However, African Americans with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) have rates of survival similar to those of whites.…”

“…This hypothesis was based on prior studies in other solid-organ transplants and the lung transplant registry study that suggested higher rejection rates and poor outcomes in African American recipients, respectively. 6,8,10,12,13,16 In addition, data from the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) were utilized to compare differences in survival between white and African American recipients. Data on acute rejection and BOS from UNOS are not complete, so they were not included.…”

Disparities in Outcome for Black Patients after Pediatric Heart Transplantation

“…8,9 A variety of factors have been implicated in this disparity, including economic inequality and mismatching of human leukocyte antigen (HLA) loci. 7,10 In this study we analyze data from United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) to examine the relationship between race and graft survival. The purpose of the study was to assess the impact of recipient race on graft failure rates.…”