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  • Disparities among Black and White patients in plaque burden and composition and long-term impact

    • Posted: 10/31/2023
    • Author:

      Rebecca Torguson, Gary S. Mintz, Carlo Di Mario, Tim ten Cate, Ziad A. Ali, Varinder Singh, William Skinner, Cheng Zhang, Corey Shea, Kayode O. Kuku, Hector M. Garcia-Garcia and Ron Waksman

    • CRM2023

    Abstract

    Background

    Black patients presenting to the catheterization laboratory have more risk factors and worse long-term outcomes. This sub-analysis of the Lipid Rich Plaque (LRP) study quantifies the plaque burden and composition of Black vs White patients and associated outcomes.

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