Racial differences in the management of unstable angina: Results from the multicenter GUARANTEE registry

American Heart Journal

Volumn 138, Issue 6 I, 1999, Pages 1065-1072

  Scirica, B M ^a   Moliterno, D J ^a   Every, N R ^a   Anderson, H V ^a   Aguirre, F V ^a   Granger, C B ^a   Lambrew, C T ^a   Rabbani, L E ^a   Sapp, S K ^a   Booth, J E ^a   Ferguson, J J ^a   Cannon, C P ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY RISK; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT INDICATION; UNITED STATES; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

EID: 0032711144     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-8703(99)70071-2     Document Type: Article

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