Severity of coronary artery disease in black and white male veterans and likelihood of revascularization

American Heart Journal

Volumn 139, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 840-847

  Peniston, Reginald L ^a,b,c   Lu, David Y ^a,b,c   Papademetriou, Vasilios ^a,b,c   Fletcher, Ross D ^a,b,c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HOWARD UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVASCULARIZATION; SOLDIER;

EID: 0034026018     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-8703(00)90016-4     Document Type: Article

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