Diferencias entre pacientes y hospitales que subyacen a la variación racial en los resultados después de la cirugía

Suma H Konety1, Mary S Vaughan Sarrazin, Gary E Rosenthal

  • 1Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa, USA.

Circulation
|March 17, 2005
PubMed
Resumen

Las disparidades raciales en los resultados de la cirugía de bypass de injerto de arteria coronaria (CABG) persisten, particularmente a los 365 días después de la cirugía. Los pacientes negros enfrentan una mayor mortalidad, lo que sugiere un acceso desigual a la atención postoperatoria.

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