Destination LVAD Therapy in African American (AA) Recipients: A Single Center Experience

Purpose null Despite the approval of LVADs as destination therapy (DT) nearly 2 decades ago, significant knowledge gaps remain regarding the characteristics and outcomes of AA patients (pts) who receive LVAD therapy as DT. The present analysis sought to assess the characteristics and outcomes of DT LVAD AA pts. null null null Methods null Single center retrospective review of DT LVAD pts from 1/1/2009 to 12/31/2019 was performed. We compared...