American Heart Association
People at lower socioeconomic levels have higher death rates within 5-10 years after heart surgery, regardless of race, gender
Published in Women's Health Weekly, April 22nd, 2010
People at lower socioeconomic levels die more often within five to 10 years after heart surgery than those at higher socioeconomic levels, regardless of race and gender, according to research reported in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, an American Heart Association journal. In the study, researchers tracked the survival of 23,330 people (15,156 white men, 6,932 white women, 678 black men and 564 black women) who underwent heart bypass or valve surgery between 1995 and 2005.
Researchers found that each drop in socioeconomic position had a corresponding "dose-dependent" decrease in the long-term survival rate. Specifically, after adjusting for existing...
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