Okpala, Munachi
Izeogu, Chigozirim
Wang, Mengxi
Green, Charles
Cooksey, Gabretta
Nguyen, Thuy
Cohen, Sarah
Bryant, Latonya
Hernandez, Daphne C.
Bernstam, Elmer V.
Gonzales, Michael
Conyers, Rhonda
Chiadika, Olasimbo
Varacalli, Kristin
Savitz, Sean I.
Yamal, Jose-Miguel
Sharrief, Anjail Z. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9814-6715
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (1R01MD016465-01)
Article History
Received: 7 February 2025
Accepted: 25 July 2025
First Online: 12 August 2025
Declarations
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: The study has ethics approval from the Center for Protection of Human Subjects at UTHealth (Study HSC-MS-210549) (Original approval date: 8/05/2021). Trained research personnel obtain informed consent from all patients for participation in the trial (Appendix ). All protocol amendments, protocol deviations, and SMC reports will be submitted to the IRB for review.
: The manuscript does not include any individual person’s data in any form.
: AS received consulting opportunities from Abbott Cardiovascular and the Bristol-Myers Squibb/Johnson & Johnson Alliance. The authors declare no other competing interests.