Highlights

• Disparities in acute coronary syndrome outcomes exist between racial and ethnic groups.
• We identified hospital discharges for acute coronary syndrome in the United States using the National Inpatient Sample from 2015 to 2018.
• In this nationally representative study, in this nationally representative study, Black and Hispanic patients experienced lower mortality rates than their White counterparts.
• Hispanic patients incurred the highest amount of total hospital charges for an acute coronary syndrome admission.

All authors: Geetika Srivastava, MD; Laith Alhuneafat, MD; Ahmad Jabri, MD; Yazan Abo Omar, MD; Ali Abdolall, MD; David O. Beleny, MD; Christopher Cunningham, MD; Ahmad Al Abdouh, MD; 
Mohammed Mhanna, MD; Aisha Siraj, MD; Meera Kondapaneni, MD; and Kathir Balakumaran, MD.