Pediheart Podcast #177: Clinical Outcome Disparities Among Black Children With Kawasaki Disease




Pediheart: Pediatric Cardiology Today show

Summary: This week we review a recent work from the team at University of Alabama in Birmingham about clinical outcome disparities amongst Black children with Kawasaki disease. What differences exist in outcomes between these groups and are these differences social or biological in origin? We speak with one of the authors of this work, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics Leslie Collins about this important work. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2020.09.052