Racial/ethnic disparities among Asian Americans in inpatient acute myocardial infarction mortality in the United States

• Main Authors: Eun Ji Kim (Author), Nancy R. Kressin (Author), Michael K. Paasche-Orlow (Author), Lenny Lopez (Author), Jennifer E. Rosen (Author), Mengyun Lin (Author), Amresh D. Hanchate (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is a common high-risk disease with inpatient mortality of 5% nationally. But little is known about this outcome among Asian Americans (Asians), a fast growing racial/ethnic minority in the country. The objectives of the study are to obtain near-n...