Socioeconomic Disparities in the Use of Cardioprotective Medications Among Patients With Peripheral Artery Disease An Analysis of the American College of Cardiology's NCDR PINNACLE Registry
Subherwal S, Patel MR, Tang F, Smolderen KG, Jones WS, Tsai TT, Ting HH, Bhatt DL, Spertus JA, Chan PS. Socioeconomic Disparities in the Use of Cardioprotective Medications Among Patients With Peripheral Artery Disease An Analysis of the American College of Cardiology's NCDR PINNACLE Registry. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2013, 62: 51-57. PMID: 23643497, PMCID: PMC3912073, DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2013.04.018.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPeripheral artery diseaseAntiplatelet therapyLow socioeconomic statusSocioeconomic statusCardioprotective medicationsPINNACLE RegistryPAD patientsPractice sitesClinical characteristicsArtery diseaseTreatment disparitiesTreatment of PADQuintile of SESPotential treatment disparitiesSecondary preventive medicationsSecondary preventive treatmentPatients' clinical characteristicsSecondary preventive measuresPatient's zip codeZip codesLowest SES quintileHighest SES quintileStatin medicationCardiovascular riskPreventive medications