Despite advances in cardiovascular medicine, Black patients are 22% more likely than white patients to die in the hospital after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery, according to a study of more than 1 million patients presented at the ANESTHESIOLOGY 2024 annual meeting.
American Society of AnesthesiologistsOct 21 2024 Despite advances in cardiovascular medicine, Black patients are 22% more likely than white patients to die in the hospital after coronary artery bypass grafting surgery, according to a study of more than 1 million patients presented at the ANESTHESIOLOGY® 2024 annual meeting.
Vinicius Moreira, M.D., lead author of the study and chief anesthesiology resident at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, Chicago Researchers determined that 2.4% of white, 2.5% of Hispanic and 3.2% of Black CABG patients died in the hospital. Compared to white patients:
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