Gender, racial, and geographic differences in the performance of cardiac diagnostic and therapeutic procedures for hospitalized acute myocardial infarction in four states

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 722-726

  Weitzman, Shimon ^a,b,c   Cooper, Lawton ^a,b,c   Chambless, Lloyd ^a,b,c   Rosamond, Wayne ^a,b,c   Clegg, Limin ^a,b,c   Marcucci, Gretchen ^a,b,c   Romm, Fredric ^a,b,c   White, Alice ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE MB; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; GENDER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MALE; MARYLAND; MIDDLE AGED; MINNESOTA; MISSISSIPPI; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NORTH CAROLINA; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0030901177     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(96)00857-0     Document Type: Article

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