DID YOU KNOW YOUR RACE AND YOUR GENDER MAY AFFECT EVERYTHING FROM THE MEDICAL TESTS YOU RECEIVE, TO THE OUTCOME OF YOUR TREATMENT?

A FIRST OF ITS KIND STUDY SHEDS LIGHT ON HOW THOSE DIFFERENCES MIGHT MATTER WHEN IT COMES TO CARDIOVASCULAR CARE.

HERE TO EXPLAIN ARE DR. PAUL UNDERWOOD, MEDICAL DIRECTOR, INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY FOR BOSTON SCIENTIFIC AND DR. WAYNE BATCHELOR OF THE INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY COUNCIL AT TALLAHASSEE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL

 

DR. BATCHELOR - TELL US ABOUT THE STUDY.

 

 

DR. BATCHELOR - WHAT DO THESE NEW FINDINGS TELL US ABOUT WHAT ARE THE REASONS BEHIND THE DIFFERENCES THAT PATIENTS MAY EXPERIENCE AND HOW TO REDUCE THESE DIFFERENCES?

 

DR. UNDERWOOD - WHAT ARE STEPS DOCTORS CAN TAKE TO LEVEL THE PLAYING FIELD IN TERMS OF CARE?

 

DR. UNDERWOOD / DR. BATCHELOR - WHAT CAN PEOPLE DO TO TAKE CHARGE OF THEIR HEALTH CARE AND MAKE SURE THEY ARE GETTING THE PROPER TREATMENT?

 

 

DR. UNDERWOOD - WHERE CAN WE LEARN MORE?