Coronary Artery Bypass
Coronary artery bypass grafting outcomes may differ by gender
Published in Women's Health Weekly, March 30th, 2006
According to a recent article in Circulation, "There are few comparative data regarding long-term nonfatal outcomes for women versus men after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). This study compares gender differences in cardiac events in a population of hospital survivors up to 11 years after isolated CABG surgery in Ontario, Canada."
"A population-based cohort study (n=68,774 patients, 15,043 women) between September 1, 1991, and April 1, 2002, was...
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