Are there differences in the clinical features and outcomes of myocardial infarction between white and Negro patients of both sexes?
This historical study identifies significant racial and sex disparities in myocardial infarction, highlighting earlier onset and higher fatality rates in Black women.
A review of 519 consecutive cases of myocardial infarction reveals an unexpectedly high incidence in the Negro female. Not only does this catastrophe occur at an earlier age in the Negro woman, but also is less frequently associated with angina, pursues a more virulent course and is associated with a higher fatality rate than that recorded in the white race and in the Negro male. Comparative clinical features in the two sexes of the white and Negro races are presented.
Keil et al. (Tue,) studied this question.
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