Ethnic minorities treated with new-generation drug-eluting coronary stents in two European randomised clinical trials.
Eline H PloumenEdimir SemedoCarine J M DoggenCarl E SchotborghRutger L AnthonioPeter W DanseEdouard BenitAdel AminianMartin G StoelMarc HartmannK Gert van HouwelingenMartijn ScholteAriel RoguinGerard C M LinssenPaolo ZoccaClemens von BirgelenPublished in: Netherlands heart journal : monthly journal of the Netherlands Society of Cardiology and the Netherlands Heart Foundation (2024)
Despite the unfavourable cardiovascular risk profile of ethnic minority patients, short-term clinical outcome after treatment with contemporary drug-eluting stents was highly similar to that in Western European patients. Further efforts should be made to ensure the enrolment of more ethnic minority patients in future coronary stent trials.