Understanding Racial Variation in the Use of Coronary Revascularization Procedures
Author(s) -
Joseph Conigliaro,
Jeff Whittle,
Chester B. Good,
Barbara H. Hanusa,
Leigh J. Passman,
Richard P. Lofgren,
Richard M. Allman,
Peter A. Ubel,
Monica O'Connor,
David S. Macpherson
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
archives of internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-3679
pISSN - 0003-9926
DOI - 10.1001/archinte.160.9.1329
Subject(s) - medicine , odds ratio , cardiology , myocardial infarction , revascularization , unstable angina , confidence interval , angioplasty , coronary artery bypass surgery , artery , veterans affairs , angina , canadian cardiovascular society
Black patients undergo coronary artery bypass grafting and percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty less often than white patients. It is unclear how racial differences in clinical factors contribute to this variation.
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