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Clinical Perspective What Is New? In this community‐based surveillance of patients hospitalized with non–ST‐segment–elevation myocardial infarction over a 15‐year period, black patients were younger and had more medical comorbidities than white patients In comparison to white patients, black patients had less likelihood of receiving guideline‐based non–ST‐segment–elevation myocardial infarction therapies, including invasive angiography and revascularization.
Despite proven benefits for reducing incidence of major cardiac events, antihypertensive drug therapy remains underutilized in the United States. This analysis assesses antihypertensive drug adherence, utilization predictors, and associations between adherence and outcomes (a composite of cardiovascular events, Medicare inpatient payments, and inpatient days).
Background Outpatient ascertainment of peripheral artery disease (PAD) is rarely considered in the measurement of PAD clinical burden; therefore, the clinical burden of PAD likely has been underestimated while contributing to a decreased awareness of PAD in comparison to other circulatory system disorders.
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