Black patients present with more severe vascular disease and a greater burden of risk factors than white patients at time of major vascular intervention

Although many studies have demonstrated racial disparities after major vascular surgery, few have identified the reasons for these disparities, and those that did often lacked clinical granularity. Therefore, our aim was to evaluate differences in initial vascular intervention between black and white patients.

Source: Journal of Vascular Surgery - September 23, 2017 Category: Surgery Authors: Peter A. Soden, Sara L. Zettervall, Sarah E. Deery, Kakra Hughes, Michael C. Stoner, Philip P. Goodney, Ageliki G. Vouyouka, Marc L. Schermerhorn, Society for Vascular Surgery Vascular Quality Initiative Tags: Clinical paper Source Type: research