A new study finds Black adults who undergo a common procedure to open up clogged arteries are readmitted to the hospital more often than their white peers.
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 30, 2022 -- Black adults who undergo a common procedure to open up clogged arteries are readmitted to the hospital more often than their white peers. They're also more likely to die in the years after treatment, a new study finds.
The minimally invasive treatment is routinely offered to adults diagnosed with a narrowing of the coronary arteries. Doctors use a balloon to stretch open the artery, and often insert a short, wire mesh tube to keep the artery open. The study involved more than 26,000 white patients and about 3,000 Black patients. All underwent the artery-widening procedure between 2013 and 2018 at one of 48 Michigan-based hospitals.
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