Why the study?
Does black race reduce the likelihood of receiving carotid angiography and endarterectomy in veterans with stroke or TIA compared to white race?
Population
35,922 veterans with diagnoses of stroke or transient ischemic attack who were likely candidates for carotid…
Comparison
Black race vs White race
Design
Cohort
Authors
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Racial disparities in carotid procedures persist in equal-access systems; hypothesis-generating for unmeasured factors or bias.
Does black race reduce the likelihood of receiving carotid angiography and endarterectomy in veterans with stroke or TIA compared to white race?
Black veterans with stroke or TIA are significantly less likely to undergo carotid angiography and endarterectomy compared to white veterans, even within an equal-access healthcare system.
Eugene Ž. Oddone (1993) studied this question.
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