Socioeconomic disparities in surveillance and follow-up of patients with thoracic aortic aneurysm.
Michael ShangGabe WeiningerMakoto MoriArianna Kahler-QuesadaEllelan DegifeCornell W BrooksSameh YousefMatthew WilliamsRoland AssiArnar GeirssonPrashanth VallabhajosyulaPublished in: Journal of cardiac surgery (2021)
Patients with lower SES receive less timely follow-up imaging and specialist referral for TAAs, resulting in surgical intervention only when alarming symptoms are already present.