Why the study?
Do Asian patients have more severe coronary artery disease compared to matched white patients?
Population
102 patients living in Birmingham referred for investigation of coronary artery disease, matched for age…
Comparison
Asian ethnicity vs White ethnicity
Design
Cohort, Coronary angiograms compared blindly and repeatedly by two independent…
Authors
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May influence CAD referral and CABG eligibility decisions in Asians; leaves open whether biology or selection bias drives severity differences.
Do Asian patients have more severe coronary artery disease compared to matched white patients?
Asian patients referred for CAD investigation have quantitatively more severe disease than matched white patients, resulting in higher rates of ineligibility for bypass surgery.
Lowry et al. (1984) studied this question.