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Does race make a difference post heart attack?

Posted on October 09, 2008

So, I have a sticky kind of topic to share with you today A large study has found that black Medicare patients are less likely than white patients to receive blood vessel opening procedures such as angioplasty following a heart attack, whether they are admitted to hospitals that provide or do not provide these procedures, but also experience higher mortality rates at 1 year, according to a study in the June 13 issue of JAMA. Why the difference? Do you really think it is solely race related or are there other factors that play in to the decisions for interventions? These differences could b...

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