Sex and racial differences in the management of acute myocardial infarction, 1994 through 2002

Sex and racial differences in the treatment of patients who were deemed to be 'ideal candidates' for particular treatment and in deaths among 598,911 patients hospitalized with myocardial infarction is examined between 1994 and 2002. Rates of reperfusion therapy, coronary angiography, and in-hospital death after myocardial infarction, but not the use of aspirin and beta-blockers, vary according to race and sex.