Coronary artery bypass grafting in Native Americans: A higher risk of death compared to other ethnic groups?

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 554-559

  Nallamothu, Brahmajee K ^a,f   Saint, Sanjay ^a,b   Saha, Som ^c   Fendrick, A Mark ^a   Kelley, Keith ^d   Ramsey, Scott D ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b VA ANN ARBOR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Solucient LLC   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary artery bypass grafting; Coronary artery disease; Ethnicity; Native Americans; Race

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DATA BASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NON PROFIT HOSPITAL; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK; SAFETY; TREATMENT FAILURE; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; ALGORITHMS; ASIAN AMERICANS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS;

EID: 0035726220     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1497.2001.016008554.x     Document Type: Article

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