Discharge β-blocker Use and Race after Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting

Discharge β-blocker Use and Race after Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting

Introduction: The use of discharge β-blockers after cardiac surgery is associated with a long-term mortality benefit. β-blockers have been suggested to be less effective in black cardiovascular patients compared with whites. To date, racial differences in the long-term survival of coronary artery by...

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Main Authors: Wesley T. O'Neal, Jimmy Thomas Efird, Stephen Wayne Davies, Jason Benjamin O'Neal, William F. Griffin, T. Bruce Ferguson, W. Randolph Chitwood, Alan eKypson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Public Health
Subjects:
Cardiology
Epidemiology
outcomes
CABG
beta-blockers
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpubh.2014.00094/full

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