Lathan Liou, Elizabeth Mostofsky, Laura Lehman, Soziema Salia, Suruchi Gupta, Francisco J. Barrera, Murray A. Mittleman
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Background Black heart transplant recipients have a higher mortality rate than white recipients 6-12 months after transplant. Whether there are racial disparities in post-transplant stroke incidence and all-cause mortality following post-transplant stroke among cardiac transplant recipients is unknown.