Presentation, care and outcomes of patients with NSTEMI according to World Bank country income classification: the ACVC-EAPCI EORP NSTEMI Registry of the European Society of Cardiology.
Ramesh NadarajahPeter F LudmanCécile LarocheYolande AppelmanSalvatore BrugalettaAndrzej BudajHector BuenoKurt HuberVijay KunadianSergio LeonardiMaddalena LettinoDejan MilasinovicChristopher Galenull nullPublished in: European heart journal. Quality of care & clinical outcomes (2023)
Patients with NSTEMI in LLMICs present with fewer comorbidities but a more advanced stage of acute disease, and have worse outcomes compared with HICs. A cardiovascular health narrative is needed to address this inequity across economic boundaries.