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The lack of ethnic and racial diversity among patients undergoing coronary artery calcium scanning.

Prog Cardiovasc Dis

August 2024

Departments of Imaging and Medicine, Burns and Allen Research Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, United States of America.

Article Synopsis
  • More people from different ethnic backgrounds are getting stress tests, but most coronary artery calcium (CAC) scans are done on White patients.
  • Since 1991, the number of Black and Hispanic patients getting stress tests has increased, but not for CAC scans, which are mainly paid for by White patients.
  • There is a need to make CAC scans more accessible for ethnic and racial minorities to ensure everyone gets equal healthcare.
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The 2021 Coronary Artery Disease revascularization guidelines of the American College of Cardiology (ACC), the American Heart Association (AHA), and the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) provide recommendations for managing nonculprit arteries in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). Although staged revascularization is preferred, at times same-setting intervention, coronary artery bypass surgery, or medical therapy may be preferable. These cases exemplify clinical scenarios for treating nonculprit arteries in STEMI.

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