Have operative outcomes for women undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting improved over the last decade?
There is a persistent sex disparity in CABG outcomes, with women continuing to face higher risks of adverse operative outcomes without improvement over the past decade.
Women remain at significantly higher risk for adverse outcomes following coronary artery bypass grafting and no significant improvement has been seen over the course of the last decade. Further investigation into the determinants of operative outcomes in women is urgently needed.
Gaudino et al. (Wed,) studied this question.
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