Racial differences in outcomes of veterans undergoing percutaneous coronary interventions

American Heart Journal

Volumn 142, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 309-313

  Maynard, Charles ^a,b   Wright, Steven M ^a,b   Every, Nathan R ^a,b   Ritchie, James L ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOLDIER; SURVIVAL; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

EID: 0034895290     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mhj.2001.116956     Document Type: Article

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