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Considerable variability in ACS exists across ethnicities, sex, and age, creating substantial disparities in recognition and management that contribute to poor outcomes.
Highlights the importance of recognizing disparities in acute coronary syndrome presentation across demographics to improve management and outcomes.
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Disparities in ACS recognition across demographics support heightened NP suspicion; leaves open whether targeted training narrows outcome gaps.
Acute coronary syndrome (ACS) remains one of the leading causes of death in the United States. With its heightened prevalence, considerable variabilities in the disease process exist across ethnicities, sex, and age. This creates substantial disparities in the recognition and management of ACS, which consequently contributes to poor outcomes. It is of utmost importance that nurse practitioners remain vigilant, cognizant, and maintain a high index of suspicion to accurately identify ACS presentations and thus efficaciously intervene to successfully manage the disease process.
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Leon et al. (2021) studied this question.
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