International comparisons of acute myocardial infarction

摘要

Does a greater degree of socio-economic inequality explain worse short-term prognosis after acute myocardial infarction in the UK compared with Sweden? Sheng-Chia Chung and colleagues report that short-term outcomes in acute myocardial infaction are worse in the UK compared with Sweden. An apparent difference between the countries that is known to affect clinical outcome and that could explain their findings is the degree of socioeconomic inequality.