PMID- 29588768
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20201001
IS  - 1756-1477 (Print)
IS  - 1756-1485 (Electronic)
IS  - 1756-1485 (Linking)
VI  - 8
IP  - 2
DP  - 2013 Aug
TI  - No Racial Disparities in the Treatment of ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction - A 
      Community-based Experience.
PG  - 140-142
LID - 10.15420/icr.2013.8.2.140 [doi]
AB  - Whether racial disparities exist in the treatment of ST elevation myocardial 
      infarction (STEMI) is not exactly known. We report a retrospective chart review 
      of patients with first event of STEMI, in two groups separated by one decade. 
      Results revealed that hospital mortality in the 2007 and 1997 groups for African 
      Americans versus Caucasians was one of 22 versus 21 of 170, 95 % confidence 
      interval (CI) -0.178 to 0.022, p=0.48 and four of 41 versus 39 of 402, 95 % CI 
      -0.095 to 0.096, p=1.00, respectively. The mean length of stay (LOS) for African 
      Americans and Caucasians in the 2007 and 1997 groups was 5.7 versus 4.1 days 
      (p=0.09) and 7.3 versus 6.6 days (p=0.42), respectively. During follow-up, a 
      total of 40 patients needed re-intervention in the 2007 group. The 
      re-intervention rate in African American patients being 13.6 % (three of 22) 
      versus 21.2 % (36 of 170) in Caucasians, 95 % CI -0.231 to 0.081, with p=0.57. In 
      conclusion, there was no evidence of racial disparity in the treatment of STEMI 
      in terms of hospital mortality, length of hospital stay and re-intervention rate.
FAU - Basoor, Abhijeet
AU  - Basoor A
AD  - Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, St. Joseph Mercy Oakland 
      Hospital, Pontiac, Michigan, US.
FAU - Randhawa, Gagan
AU  - Randhawa G
AD  - Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, St. Joseph Mercy Oakland 
      Hospital, Pontiac, Michigan, US.
FAU - Cotant, John F
AU  - Cotant JF
AD  - Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, St. Joseph Mercy Oakland 
      Hospital, Pontiac, Michigan, US.
FAU - Choksi, Nishit
AU  - Choksi N
AD  - Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, St. Joseph Mercy Oakland 
      Hospital, Pontiac, Michigan, US.
FAU - Halabi, Abdul R
AU  - Halabi AR
AD  - Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, St. Joseph Mercy Oakland 
      Hospital, Pontiac, Michigan, US.
FAU - Patel, Kiritkumar C
AU  - Patel KC
AD  - Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, St. Joseph Mercy Oakland 
      Hospital, Pontiac, Michigan, US.
FAU - DeGregorio, Michele
AU  - DeGregorio M
AD  - Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, St. Joseph Mercy Oakland 
      Hospital, Pontiac, Michigan, US.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - England
TA  - Interv Cardiol
JT  - Interventional cardiology (London, England)
JID - 101559687
PMC - PMC5808622
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - African Americans
OT  - Caucasians
OT  - ST elevation myocardial infarction
OT  - racial disparities
COIS- Disclosure: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.
EDAT- 2013/08/01 00:00
MHDA- 2013/08/01 00:01
PMCR- 2013/08/01
CRDT- 2018/03/29 06:00
PHST- 2018/03/29 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2013/08/01 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2013/08/01 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 2013/08/01 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 10.15420/icr.2013.8.2.140 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Interv Cardiol. 2013 Aug;8(2):140-142. doi: 10.15420/icr.2013.8.2.140.