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Cruz-Utrilla A, López-Gude MJ, Velázquez M, Arribas-Ynsaurriaga F, Escribano-Subias P. Comment on the article titled "Impact of sex on outcome after pulmonary endarterectomy for chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension" published by J. Chan et al. J Heart Lung Transplant 2024; 43:689-690. [PMID: 38141892 DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2023.12.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2023] [Revised: 12/07/2023] [Accepted: 12/09/2023] [Indexed: 12/25/2023] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Alejandro Cruz-Utrilla
- Pulmonary Hypertension Unit, Cardiology Department, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain; Instituto de Investigación Hospital 12 de Octubre (i+12), Madrid, Spain; ERN-LUNG (European Reference Network on Rare Respiratory Diseases)
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- ERN-LUNG (European Reference Network on Rare Respiratory Diseases); Department of Cardiac Surgery, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto de Investigación Hospital 12 de Octubre (i+12), Madrid, Spain; ERN-LUNG (European Reference Network on Rare Respiratory Diseases); Interventional Cardiology & Pulmonary Hypertension Unit, Cardiology Department, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain; Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Cardiovasculares (CIBERCV), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto de Investigación Hospital 12 de Octubre (i+12), Madrid, Spain; Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Cardiovasculares (CIBERCV), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Madrid, Spain; Cardiology Department, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain; Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Pulmonary Hypertension Unit, Cardiology Department, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain; Instituto de Investigación Hospital 12 de Octubre (i+12), Madrid, Spain; ERN-LUNG (European Reference Network on Rare Respiratory Diseases); Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Cardiovasculares (CIBERCV), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Madrid, Spain; Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
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Bunclark K, Toshner M. Anthropometrics are important to consider in purported sex differences in CTEPH outcomes. J Heart Lung Transplant 2024; 43:688. [PMID: 38141897 DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2023.12.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2023] [Revised: 12/03/2023] [Accepted: 12/04/2023] [Indexed: 12/25/2023] Open
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- Katherine Bunclark
- Pulmonary Vascular Diseases Unit, Royal Papworth Hospital, Cambridge, UK.
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- Pulmonary Vascular Diseases Unit, Royal Papworth Hospital, Cambridge, UK; VPD, Heart and Lung Research Institute, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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Contreras J, Nussbaum J, Cangialosi P, Thapi S, Radakrishnan A, Hall J, Ramesh P, Trivieri MG, Sandoval AF. Pulmonary Hypertension in Underrepresented Minorities: A Narrative Review. J Clin Med 2024; 13:285. [PMID: 38202292 PMCID: PMC10779488 DOI: 10.3390/jcm13010285] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2023] [Revised: 12/28/2023] [Accepted: 12/29/2023] [Indexed: 01/12/2024] Open
Abstract
Minoritized racial and ethnic groups suffer disproportionately from the incidence and morbidity of pulmonary hypertension (PH), as well as its associated cardiovascular, pulmonary, and systemic conditions. These disparities are largely explained by social determinants of health, including access to care, systemic biases, socioeconomic status, and environment. Despite this undue burden, minority patients remain underrepresented in PH research. Steps should be taken to mitigate these disparities, including initiatives to increase research participation, combat inequities in access to care, and improve the treatment of the conditions associated with PH.
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- Johanna Contreras
- Division of Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplantation, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA; (J.N.); (P.C.); (S.T.); (A.R.); (M.G.T.)
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- Division of Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplantation, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA; (J.N.); (P.C.); (S.T.); (A.R.); (M.G.T.)
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- Division of Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplantation, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA; (J.N.); (P.C.); (S.T.); (A.R.); (M.G.T.)
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- Division of Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplantation, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA; (J.N.); (P.C.); (S.T.); (A.R.); (M.G.T.)
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- Division of Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplantation, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA; (J.N.); (P.C.); (S.T.); (A.R.); (M.G.T.)
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- Department of Medicine, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19140, USA; (J.H.); (P.R.)
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- Department of Medicine, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19140, USA; (J.H.); (P.R.)
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- Division of Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplantation, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA; (J.N.); (P.C.); (S.T.); (A.R.); (M.G.T.)
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