Open AccessOutcomes After Acute Myocardial Infarction in South Asian, Chinese, and White Patients
Author(s) -
Nadia Khan,
Maja Grubisić,
Brenda R. Hemmelgarn,
Karen Humphries,
Kathryn King,
Hude Quan
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.109.850297
Subject(s) - medicine , confidence interval , myocardial infarction , hazard ratio , ethnic group , odds ratio , relative risk , demography , revascularization , population , environmental health , sociology , anthropology
Cardiac mortality rates vary substantially between countries and ethnic groups. It is unclear, however, whether South Asian, Chinese, and white populations have a variable prognosis after acute myocardial infarction (AMI). To clarify this association, we compared mortality, use of revascularization procedures, and risk of recurrent AMI and hospitalization for heart failure between these ethnic groups in a universal-access healthcare system.
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