Importance Prior studies have suggested patients with heart failure (HF) from rural areas
have worse clinical outcomes. Contemporary differences between rural and urban hospitals …

Background Patterns and disparities in guideline-directed medical therapy (GDMT) uptake
for heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) across rural vs urban regions are not …

Aims Patients with cardiac disease living in rural areas may face significant challenges in
accessing care and studies suggest that living in rural areas may be associated with worse …

Background: It has been reported that patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI)
transferred to low-volume primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) hospitals (< …

Background Rural patients with heart failure (HF) have higher mortality and hospitalization
rates compared with their urban counterparts. Although research supports the inclusion of …

OBJECTIVES: Rural hospitals are threatened by workforce shortages and financial strain. To
optimize regional critical care delivery, it is essential to understand what types of patients …

Purpose The association of social vulnerability and cardiovascular disease-related mortality
in older adults has not been well characterized. Methods The Centers for Disease Control …

Methods This analysis included patients ages 0–29 at initial diagnosis and reported in the
institutional cancer registry between 2010 and 2017 (n= 1228). Patients who died within five …

Background Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality and
residing in a rural and remote region is associated with an increased risk. The impact of …