Cardiothoracic & vascular anesthesia
The Impact of COVID-19 on Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Cardiac Procedural Care
Authors' conclusion
Racial and ethnic disparities in access to cardiac procedural care were present throughout all study time periods at the authors' institution.
Study context
- Population
- Adults undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) or atrial fibrillation (AF) ablation at a single tertiary-care university hospital, March 2019–March 2022TAVR 413, CABG 506, AF ablation 785
- Participants
- 1,704 adults
- Exposure
- Pre-COVID vs COVID Year 1 vs COVID Year 2, by race and ethnicity
- Outcome
- Racial and ethnic composition of patients receiving cardiac procedural care (population-adjusted procedural incidence rates by race and ethnicity)
Methodological detailssingle-centre
- Single-centre
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Population-adjusted procedural incidence rates by race and ethnicity
TAVR: White–Black difference in procedural rates decreased between pre-COVID and COVID Year 1 (per 1,000,000 persons)
12.05-6.34
AF ablation: White–Black difference increased over time, pre-COVID, COVID Year 1, COVID Year 2 (per 1,000,000 persons)
13.06 to 21.55 to 29.64
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Original publication
The Impact of COVID-19 on Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Cardiac Procedural Care. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. Published 9 January 2023. doi:10.
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