Association of Race and Ethnicity on the Management of Acute Non-ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction.

ABSTRACT: Background Prior studies have reported disparities by race in the management of acute myocardial infarction (MI), with many studies having limited covariates or now dated. We examined racial and ethnic differences in the management of MI, specifically non-ST-segment-elevation MI (NSTEMI), in a large, socially diverse cohort of insured patients. We hypothesized that the racial and ethnic disparities in the receipt of coronary angiography or percutaneous coronary intervention would persist in contemporary data. Methods and Results We identified individuals presenting with incident, type I NSTEMI from 2017 to 2019 captured by a health claims database. Race and ethnicity were categorized by the database as Asian, Black, Hispanic, or White. Covariates included demographics (age, sex, race, and

SUBMITTER: Tertulien T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9238643 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature