Blacks ‘significantly’ less likely to receive essential procedures for heart attacks

Blacks ‘significantly’ less likely to receive essential procedures for heart attacks

Tarryn Tertulien, M.D., M.Sc.  If you’re Black and diagnosed with a heart attack referred to as “N-STEMI,” you’re less likely to receive two essential procedures, the New Pittsburgh Courier has learned. COURIER EXCLUSIVE New research published in July in the Journal of the American Heart Association revealed that “significant differences” in initial heart attack diagnosis … Continued