Socioeconomic disparities in the management and outcomes of acute myocardial infarction

Conclusion
Patients with a higher deprivation score were more often from an ethnic-minority background, more likely to suffer in-hospital mortality or MACE when compared with the most affluent quintile, and this relationship was stronger in ethnic minorities compared with White patients.

Source: Heart - December 20, 2023 Category: Cardiology Authors: Weight, N., Moledina, S., Volgman, A. S., Bagur, R., Wijeysundera, H. C., Sun, L. Y., Chadi Alraies, M., Rashid, M., Kontopantelis, E., Mamas, M. A. Tags: Coronary artery disease Source Type: research