This session will address current disparities in cardiothoracic surgery care in different disease processes and procedures, such as coronary artery bypass, thoracic aortic surgery, heart transplant and general cardiac surgery procedures.

*Unless otherwise noted, speakers have nothing to disclose.

Moderators

Brittany Zwischenberger

Mario Gaudino

Digital Moderators

Jessica Luc

Presentations:

1. Long-term Mortality After Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting is Higher for Socioeconomically Deprived Patients: Insights from Michigan - Michael Thompson

(Commercial Relationships: Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan; Research Grant)

2. Do Female Patients Experience Increased Rates of Failure-to-Rescue After Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting? - William Qu

3. Failure to Rescue After Cardiac Surgery at Minority-Serving Hospitals: Room for Improvement - Krish Dewan

4. Sex-based differences in proximal aortic surgery: A propensity-matched comparison of 1153 pairs - Ourania Preventza

(Commercial Relationships: Terumo Aortic, W.L Gore: Consultant/Advisory Board)

5. Geographic Disparities in Heart Transplantation Persist under the New Allocation Policy - Laura Seese

6. The Role of Race on Acute Kidney Injury Following Cardiac Surgery - Michael Heung