Racial disparities in long‐term survival after heart transplantation: What should we be telling patients?

Understanding estimated survival times in discrete groups according to race-ethnicity and age might allow for more accurate patient counseling, to set appropriate expectations for patients who are being considered for HT. Racial disparities in long-term survival after heart transplantation: What should we be telling patients? Black heart transplant (HT) recipients continue to have inferior outcomes compared to other race-ethnic groups, including a higher risk of rejection and allograft failure contributing to lower rates of long-term survival in this population.1-4 It is important for clinicians to understand race-ethnic differences in post-HT survival, so that patients can be counseled accurately. [Extracted from the article]