Background—Few studies have examined the association of race and outcomes after
coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery while controlling for both patient and hospital …

OBJECTIVES The study was done to determine whether race is an independent predictor of
operative mortality after coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery. BACKGROUND …

Importance Racial disparities in mortality rates after coronary artery bypass graft (CABG)
surgery are well established. We have yet to fully understand how care at high-mortality, low …

Background—Previous studies have reported that black patients undergoing coronary artery
bypass surgery had worse outcomes than white patients, even after accounting for patient …

Background Despite several reports, there are still conflicting data on the influence of
ethnicity on mortality rates associated with coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). We …

BACKGROUND: Racial disparities in access to coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery
are well documented. Recent evidence shows that even when patients receive CABG …

Background—Race has been shown to be an independent risk factor for operative mortality
after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). This study sought to determine the extent to …

Objectives: We evaluated the effect of African American (AA) and Hispanic American (HA)
ethnicity on mortality and complications following coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) …

Background. Although gender is known to be an independent predictor of 30-day operative
mortality (OM) after coronary artery bypass grafting, the purpose of this study was to …

Objective To assess the extent to which the observed racial disparities in cardiac
revascularization use can be explained by the variation across counties where patients live …