Heart and vascular disease insights
Insights into disease-specific risk factors and disparities can help you implement health equity action plans.
Take a closer look at disparities in four key health conditions
Meeting the needs of diverse patients with serious heart and vascular disease starts with discovering the factors that can lead to health disparities. To support your efforts to improve health equity, we offer insight into risk factors and barriers to care, along with underserved patients’ own perceptions of their care, based on our market research study.
Heart disease
Atrial fibrillation
Atrial fibrillation (AF or AFib) is predicted to increase to 12 million cases in 2030,2 affecting different racial groups in disproportionate numbers and 60% of women with diabetes have an increased risk of AFib, compared with 40% of men.3
Coronary artery disease
Our study found 47% of CAD patients decided to put off surgery or a procedure for as long as possible in the past, mostly because they were worried about complications.
Heart failure
Hispanic patients who are hospitalized for heart failure are younger than whites and have higher mortality rates.4 And our study shows that 19% of patients with heart failure get nervous around doctors, so they might not feel comfortable sharing concerns.
Vascular disease
Peripheral artery disease
Blacks have twice the rate of PAD than whites at any given age5 and Black men are more likely to progress to critical limb ischemia (CLI) than white men.6 Almost 80% of surveyed patients want additional information about treatment options.
Health equity resources to influence change
Find information about the biggest barriers to clinical care and tools to promote health equity amongst your peers and within your community.
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References:
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services – Office of Minority Health. Heart Disease and African Americans.
- Bai, C et al. (2018). Sex differences in Atrial Fibrillation – Update on Risk Assessment, Treatment, and Long-Term Risk. Curr Treat Options Cardio Med (2018) 20: 79. DOI: 10.1007/s11936-018-0682-3.
- Staerk, L. et al. (2017). Atrial Fibrillation: Epidemiology, Pathophysiology, and Clinical Outcomes. Circ Res 2017 Apr 28: 120(9): 1501-1517. Doi: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.117.309732.
- American Heart Association (2019). Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics – 2019 update
- Rivero, M. Nader, N. Blochle, R. Harris, L. Dryjski, M. Dosluoglu, H. (2016). Pooper limb salvage in African American men with chronic limb ischemia is due to advanced clinical stage and higher anatomic complexity at presentation. Journal of Vascular Surgery. 63(3) pg. 1318-1324
- Shu, J. Santulli, G. (2018). Update on peripheral artery disease: epidemiology and evidence-based facts. Atherosclerosis.