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

• Main Authors: Wesley T. O'Neal (Author), Jimmy Thomas Efird (Author), Stephen Wayne Davies (Author), Jason Benjamin O'Neal (Author), William F. Griffin (Author), T. Bruce Ferguson (Author), W. Randolph Chitwood (Author), Alan eKypson (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2014-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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...