Presenting characteristics, treatment patterns, and clinical outcomes of non-black minorities in the national registry of myocardial infarction 2

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 82, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1013-1018

  Canto, John G ^a   Taylor Jr , Herman A ^b   Rogers, William J ^b   Sanderson, Bonnie ^b   Hilbe, Joseph ^b   Barron, Hal V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HEPARIN; LIDOCAINE; NITRATE;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

AGED; ASIAN AMERICANS; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031734532     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(98)00590-6     Document Type: Article

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