What is CABG? It stands for coronary artery bypass grafting. Research showed that people living in socially and economically deprived areas may have a higher risk of developing cardiovascular complications following CABG.
Researchers studied a British community undergoing CABG, and found that as a result of socio-economic deprivation, the post-CABG outcomes may be influenced by reduced access to specialist cardiac services, lower uptake of non-invasive cardiac investigations and revascularization procedures, and lower uptake of cardiac rehabilitation programs.
This is the first study to show that socio-economic deprivation is an independent predictor of poor cardiovascular outcome. Researchers, therefore, suggested that a higher incidence of baseline risk factors in people of low socio-economic status, greater psychological factors such as social isolation and stress in this group, and differences in those given and seeking treatment might explain the above findings.
