Racial Disparities in TAVR: Now That We Have Found Them, How Do We Fix Them?

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¹ Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Structural Heart Institute, Henry Ford Health Systems, Detroit, Michigan.
² Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Structural Heart Institute, Henry Ford Health Systems, Detroit, Michigan. Electronic address: Woneill1@hfhs.org.

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Michele Doughty Voeltz et al. JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2019.

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. 2019 May 27;12(10):949-950.

doi: 10.1016/j.jcin.2019.04.005.

¹ Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Structural Heart Institute, Henry Ford Health Systems, Detroit, Michigan.
² Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Structural Heart Institute, Henry Ford Health Systems, Detroit, Michigan. Electronic address: Woneill1@hfhs.org.

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Keywords: TAVR; disparities in care; racial inequalities; socioecomonic disparities.

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Racial Disparities in the Utilization and Outcomes of TAVR: TVT Registry Report.
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