Leigh J Adam, Alvarez Manrique, Rodriguez Carlos J
Section on Cardiovascular Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.
Division of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Medical Center Blvd, Winston-Salem, NC, 27157, USA.
Curr Atheroscler Rep. 2016 Feb;18(2):9. doi: 10.1007/s11883-016-0559-4.
Heart disease remains the leading cause of death in the USA. Overall, heart disease accounts for about 1 in 4 deaths with coronary heart disease (CHD) being responsible for over 370,000 deaths per year. It has frequently and repeatedly been shown that some minority groups in the USA have higher rates of traditional CHD risk factors, different rates of treatment with revascularization procedures, and excess morbidity and mortality from CHD when compared to the non-Hispanic white population. Numerous investigations have been made into the causes of these disparities. This review aims to highlight the recent literature which examines CHD in ethnic minorities and future directions in research and care.
心脏病仍然是美国的主要死因。总体而言，心脏病约占四分之一的死亡病例，每年有超过37万例死亡由冠心病（CHD）导致。经常且反复有研究表明，与非西班牙裔白人相比，美国一些少数族裔群体中传统冠心病危险因素的发生率更高，接受血运重建手术的治疗率不同，且冠心病导致的发病率和死亡率更高。针对这些差异的原因已经进行了大量调查。本综述旨在突出近期关于少数族裔冠心病的文献以及研究和护理的未来方向。
