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Publication year: 2010
Source: The American Journal of Cardiology, In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 13 February 2010

Tajinder P., Singh , Michael M., Givertz , Marc, Semigran , David, DeNofrio , Fred, Costantino , …

The purpose of the present study was to assess whether a low socioeconomic (SE) position is associated with outcomes in heart transplant recipients. We used the US Census 2000 database to derive a summary SE score for 520 patients who had undergone underwent a first heart transplant at 1 of 4 Boston hospitals during 1996 to 2005 and compared the outcomes in the lowest quartile SE group (n = 129) to those for the remaining patients (n = 391). The low SE group and controls were similar with respect to cardiac diagnosis, hemodynamic support, listing status, year of transplant, and…

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