Race, Ethnicity, and Gender Disparities in Acute Myocardial Infarction

In the contemporary era, there remain disparities in management and outcomes of patients with AMI. Women and racial minorities continue to have worse outcomes highlighting the need to make health care more accessible and equitable. Despite national and societal efforts, clinical trials continue to have under representation of women and minorities, further limiting the full range of benefits from novel therapies for this population. An in-depth, comprehensive, and integrated understanding of the gender and racial disparities with particular attention to their social determinants of health to help in CVD prevention and appropriate secondary prevention after incident AMI event are the need of the hour.