Relation of race and sex to the use of reperfusion therapy in Medicare beneficiaries with acute myocardial infarction

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 342, Issue 15, 2000, Pages 1094-1100

  Canto, John G ^a   Allison, Jeroan J ^a   Kiefe, Catarina I ^a   Fincher, Contessa ^a   Farmer, Robert ^a   Sekar, Padmini ^a   Person, Sharina ^a   Weissman, Norman W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CLINICAL APPROACH/SOURCE; COOPERATIVE CARDIOVASCULAR PROJECT; FEMALES; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; MALES; MEDICARE; SELECTION FOR TREATMENT; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATIENT SELECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034643406     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM200004133421505     Document Type: Article

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