Examination of racial differences in management of cardiovascular disease

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1707-1713

  Ferguson, Jeffrey A ^a,c   Tierney, William M ^a,b   Westmoreland, Glenda R ^a,b   Mamlin, Lorrie A ^a   Segar, Douglas S ^a   Eckert, George J ^a   Zhou, Xiao Hua ^a   Martin, Douglas K ^a   Weinberger, Morris ^a,b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b REGENSTRIEF INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Richard L Roudeboush Vet Aff M   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY SURGERY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL RATE; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELECTION BIAS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0031539406     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(97)00365-3     Document Type: Article

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