Coronary revascularization and cardiac catheterization in the united states: Trends in racial differences

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1557-1562

  Gillum, Richard F ^a   Gillum, Brenda S ^a   Francis, Charles K ^b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b The New York Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030965911     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(97)00089-2     Document Type: Article

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