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Disparities in Cardiovascular Care

2024


Digital Health Interventions for Heart Failure Management in Underserved Rural Areas of the United States: A Systematic Review of Randomized Trials. Journal of the American Heart AssociationAzizi, Z., Broadwin, C., Islam, S., Schenk, J., Din, N., Hernandez, M. F., Wang, P., Longenecker, C. T., Rodriguez, F., Sandhu, A. T.2024; 13 (2): e030956



2023

Tisdale RL, Fan J, Calma J, Cyr K, Podchiyska T, Stafford RS, Maron DJ, Hernandez-Boussard T, Ambrosy A, Heidenreich PA, Sandhu AT. Predictors of Incident Heart Failure Diagnosis Setting: Insights From the Veterans Affairs Healthcare System. JACC Heart Fail. 2023 Mar;11(3):347-358.


Yong C, Suvarna A, Harrington R, Gummidipundi S, Krumholz HM, Mehran R, Heidenreich P. Temporal Trends in Gender of Principal Investigators and Patients in Cardiovascular Clinical Trials. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2023 Jan 31;81(4):428-430.


2022

Vasti EC, Basina M, Calma J, Maron DJ, Rodriguez F, Sandhu AT. Disparities in adoption of new diabetic therapies with cardiovascular benefits. Diabetes Res Clin Pract. 2022 Dec 26;196:110233.


Zheng J, Tisdale RL, Heidenreich PA, Sandhu AT. Disparities in Hospital Length of Stay Across Race and Ethnicity Among Patients With Heart Failure. Circ Heart Fail. 2022 Nov;15(11):e009362.


Sarraju A, Ngo S, Ashland M, Scheinker D, Rodriguez F. Trends in national and county-level Hispanic mortality in the United States, 2011-2020. Sci Rep. 2022 Jul 12;12(1):11812. 


Yong CM, Jaluba K, Batchelor W, Gummipundi S, Asch SM, Heidenreich P. Temporal trends in transcatheter aortic valve replacement use and outcomes by race, ethnicity, and sex. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2022 Jun;99(7):2092-2100.


Gomez S, Blumer V, Rodriguez F. Unique Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors in Hispanic Individuals. Curr Cardiovasc Risk Rep. 2022;16(7):53-61.


Gomez SE, Sarraju A, Rodriguez F. Racial and Ethnic Group Underrepresentation in Studies of Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes and Cardiovascular Risk. J Am Heart Assoc. 2022 Mar;11(5):e024776.


2021

Rodriguez F, Coquet J, Harrington R, Hernandez-Boussard T. Increases in SARS-CoV-2 Test Positivity Rates Among Hispanic People in a Northern California Health System. Public Health Rep. 2021 Sep-Oct;136(5):543-547.


Sandhu AT, Tisdale RL, Rodriguez F, Stafford RS, Maron DJ, Hernandez-Boussard T, Lewis E, Heidenreich PA. Disparity in the Setting of Incident Heart Failure Diagnosis. Circ Heart Fail. 2021 Aug;14(8):e008538. 


Sarraju A, Valencia A, Knowles JW, Maron DJ, Rodriguez F. Diverse Racial/Ethnic Group Underreporting and Underrepresentation in High-Impact Cholesterol Treatment Trials. Circulation. 2021 Jun 15;143(24):2409-2411.


Rodriguez F, Solomon N, de Lemos JA, Das SR, Morrow DA, Bradley SM, Elkind MSV, Williams JH, Holmes D, Matsouaka RA, Gupta D, Gluckman TJ, Abdalla M, Albert MA, Yancy CW, Wang TY. Racial and Ethnic Differences in Presentation and Outcomes for Patients Hospitalized With COVID-19: Findings From the American Heart Association's COVID-19 Cardiovascular Disease Registry. Circulation. 2021 Jun 15;143(24):2332-2342.


Zuma BZ, Parizo JT, Valencia A, Spencer-Bonilla G, Blum MR, Scheinker D, Rodriguez F. County-Level Factors Associated With Cardiovascular Mortality by Race/Ethnicity. J Am Heart Assoc. 2021 Mar 16;10(6):e018835. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.120.018835.


Alam MT, Echeverria SE, DuPont-Reyes MJ, Vasquez E, Murillo R, Gonzalez T, Rodriguez F. Educational Attainment and Prevalence of Cardiovascular Health (Life's Simple 7) in Asian Americans. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Feb 4;18(4):1480.


Yong CM, Balasubramanian S, Douglas PS, Agarwal P, Birgersdotter-Green U, Gummidipundi S, Batchelor W, Duvernoy CS, Harrington RA, Mehran R. Temporal Trends in the Proportion of Women Physician Speakers at Major Cardiovascular Conferences. Circulation. 2021 Feb 16;143(7):755-757.


2020

Valencia A, Zuma BZ, Spencer-Bonilla G, López L, Scheinker D, Rodriguez F. The Hispanic paradox in the prevalence of obesity at the county-level. Obes Sci Pract. 2020 Oct 23;7(1):14-24.


Rodriguez F, Ngo S, Baird G, Balla S, Miles R, Garg M. Readability of Online Patient Educational Materials for Coronary Artery Calcium Scans and Implications for Health Disparities. J Am Heart Assoc. 2020 Sep 15;9(18):e017372.


Balla S, Ekpo EP, Wilemon KA, Knowles JW, Rodriguez F. Women Living with Familial Hypercholesterolemia: Challenges and Considerations Surrounding Their Care. Curr Atheroscler Rep. 2020 Aug 20;22(10):60.


Sarraju A, Maron DJ, Rodriguez F. Under-Reporting and Under-Representation of Racial/Ethnic Minorities in Major Atrial Fibrillation Clinical Trials. JACC Clin Electrophysiol. 2020 Jun;6(6):739-741.


Balla S, Gomez SE, Rodriguez F. Disparities in Cardiovascular Care and Outcomes for Women From Racial/Ethnic Minority Backgrounds. Curr Treat Options Cardiovasc Med. 2020;22(12):75.


2019

Manjunath L, Hu J, Palaniappan L, Rodriguez F. Years of Potential Life Lost from Cardiovascular Disease Among Hispanics. Ethn Dis. 2019 Jul 18;29(3):477-484. 


Rodriguez F, Chung S, Blum MR, Coulet A, Basu S, Palaniappan LP. Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Risk Prediction in Disaggregated Asian and Hispanic Subgroups Using Electronic Health Records. J Am Heart Assoc. 2019 Jul 16;8(14):e011874.


Rodriguez F, Echeverría SE, Pentakota SR, Amadi C, Hastings KG, Palaniappan LP. Comparison of Ideal Cardiovascular Health Attainment and Acculturation among Asian Americans and Latinos. Ethn Dis. 2019 Apr 18;29(2):287-296.


Scheinker D, Valencia A, Rodriguez F. Identification of Factors Associated With Variation in US County-Level Obesity Prevalence Rates Using Epidemiologic vs Machine Learning Models. JAMA Netw Open. 2019 Apr 5;2(4):e192884.


Ouyang D, Harrington RA, Rodriguez F. Association Between Female Corresponding Authors and Female Co-Authors in Top Contemporary Cardiovascular Medicine Journals. Circulation. 2019 Feb 19;139(8):1127-1129.


Yong CM, Abnousi F, Rzeszut AK, Douglas PS, Harrington RA, Mehran R, Grines C, Altin SE, Duvernoy CS; American College of Cardiology Women in Cardiology Leadership Council (ACC WIC); Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions Women in Innovations (SCAI WIN). Sex Differences in the Pursuit of Interventional Cardiology as a Subspecialty Among Cardiovascular Fellows-in-Training. JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2019 Feb 11;12(3):219-228.


Rodriguez F, Leonard D, DeFina L, Barlow CE, Willis BL, Haskell WL, Maron DJ. Association of Educational Attainment and Cardiovascular Risk in Hispanic Individuals: Findings From the Cooper Center Longitudinal Study. JAMA Cardiol. 2019 Jan 1;4(1):43-50.


2018

Ouyang D, Sing D, Shah S, Hu J, Duvernoy C, Harrington RA, Rodriguez F. Sex Disparities in Authorship Order of Cardiology Scientific Publications. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2018 Dec;11(12):e005040.


Rodriguez F, Hu J, Kershaw K, Hastings KG, López L, Cullen MR, Harrington RA, Palaniappan LP. County-Level Hispanic Ethnic Density and Cardiovascular Disease Mortality. J Am Heart Assoc. 2018 Oct 2;7(19):e009107.


Yong CM, Ungar L, Abnousi F, Asch SM, Heidenreich PA. Racial Differences in Quality of Care and Outcomes After Acute Coronary Syndrome. Am J Cardiol. 2018 Jun 15;121(12):1489-1495.


Yong CM, Liu Y, Apruzzese P, Doros G, Cannon CP, Maddox TM, Gehi A, Hsu JC, Lubitz SA, Virani S, Turakhia MP; ACC PINNACLE Investigators. Association of insurance type with receipt of oral anticoagulation in insured patients with atrial fibrillation: A report from the American College of Cardiology NCDR PINNACLE registry. Am Heart J. 2018 Jan;195:50-59.


2017

Rodriguez F, Hastings KG, Hu J, Lopez L, Cullen M, Harrington RA, Palaniappan LP. Nativity Status and Cardiovascular Disease Mortality Among Hispanic Adults. J Am Heart Assoc. 2017 Dec 13;6(12):e007207.


Rodriguez F, Hastings KG, Boothroyd DB, Echeverria S, Lopez L, Cullen M, Harrington RA, Palaniappan LP. Disaggregation of Cause-Specific Cardiovascular Disease Mortality Among Hispanic Subgroups. JAMA Cardiol. 2017 Mar 1;2(3):240-247.

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