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Racial Disparity in Referral for Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation at a Single Integrated Health System

BACKGROUND: Guidelines recommend catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation (AFCA) as an option for rhythm control. Studies have shown that Black patients are less likely to undergo AFCA compared with White patients. We investigated whether differences in referral patterns play a role in this observed...

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Autores principales: Duke, Jessica M., Muhammad, Lutfiyya N., Song, Jing, Tanaka, Yoshihiro, Witting, Celeste, Khan, Sadiya S., Passman, Rod S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9683662/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36073632
http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.122.025831