Why the study?
Disparities in mortality trends from acute myocardial infarction with essential and secondary hypertension across age, gender, urbanization, racial, and regional subgroups remain underexplored despite overall mortality declines.
While overall mortality from AMI with hypertension has declined in the US from 2000 to 2024, recent rising trends in specific regions and demographics highlight the need for targeted interventions.
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Disparities in AMI mortality with EH/SH persist across subgroups; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice.
Akhter et al. (2026) studied this question.
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