Coronary Revascularization and Cardiac Catheterization in the United States: Trends in Racial Differences
Journal of the American College of CardiologyPublished 1 June 1997Open access
Richard F Gillum, B. S. Gillum, Charles K Francis
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Large racial disparities in the utilization of CABG and PTCA persist and require further evaluation and possible intervention, despite apparent increases in the black/white ratio for inpatient cardiac catheterization.
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Rates of CABG, cardiac catheterization and especially PTCA increased between 1980 and 1993, a period during which racial disparities in the procedures became widely known. Despite apparent increases in the black/white ratio for inpatient cardiac catheterization, large racial disparities in the utilization of CABG and PTCA persist and require further evaluation and possible intervention.
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