Coronary Angioplasty in Black and White Patients: Demographic Characteristics and Outcomes

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 93, Issue 7-12, 2000, Pages 1187-1191

  Garg, Mukesh ^a,b   Vacek, James L ^a,b,c   Hallas, David ^a,b  

^a SAINT LUKE S MID AMERICA HEART INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b TRUMAN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEGRO; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CORONARY DISEASE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034565842     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007611-200012000-00009     Document Type: Article

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