Management and outcomes for black patients with acute myocardial infarction in the reperfusion era

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 82, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1019-1023

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (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; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEART MUSCLE REPERFUSION; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; REGISTRIES; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031794166     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(98)00547-5     Document Type: Article

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