Why the study?
Does race affect long-term outcomes after Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) surgery?
Does race affect long-term outcomes after Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) surgery?
Racial disparities in CABG outcomes worsen over time, potentially due to unequal access to secondary prevention and rehabilitation services.
Racial and sex differences in post-CABG outcomes may widen over time; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective confirmation before guiding practice.
Racial disparities in CABG outcomes are sensitive to the effects of sex and duration of postsurgical follow-up. The increasing disparity in outcomes as follow-up increased is consistent with the hypothesis that black patients have less access to secondary prevention and rehabilitation services after surgery.
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