Blacks with coronary disease were significantly less likely to undergo revascularization compared to whites, correlating with a lower survival rate.
Does race affect the likelihood of undergoing coronary revascularization and subsequent survival in patients with coronary disease?
Coronary revascularization appears to be underused in Black patients with coronary disease, which correlates with lower survival rates compared to White patients.
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Blacks with coronary disease were significantly less likely than whites to undergo coronary revascularization, particularly bypass surgery - a difference that could not be explained by the clinical features of their disease. The differences in treatment were most pronounced among those predicted to benefit the most from revascularization. Since these differences also correlated with a lower survival rate in blacks, we conclude that coronary revascularization appears to be underused in blacks.
Peterson et al. (Thu,) reported a other. Blacks with coronary disease were significantly less likely to undergo revascularization compared to whites, correlating with a lower survival rate.