Social class and ethnicity among patients with coronary heart disease

Summary:

This project focuses on patients undergoing coronary angiography in the East Slovakian Institute for Cardiac and Vascular Diseases in Kosice, Slovakia. There is a substantial part of Slovak Roma minority living in this region. The aim of our project is to determine the differences in the functional and health status of Roma patients with coronary artery disease compared to non-Roma patients and to find out the impact of their socio-economic status on their outcomes.