Black-white differences in severity of coronary artery disease among individuals with acute coronary syndromes

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 876-882

  Whittle, Jeff ^a,b   Conigliaro, Joseph ^b,c,d   Good, C Bernie ^b,c,d   Hanusa, Barbara H ^d   Macpherson, David S ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c VA Healthcare VISN 4   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndromes; Acute myocardial infarction; Coronary atherosclerosis; Race; Unstable angina

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY RISK; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; PHYSICIAN; RACE DIFFERENCE; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

EID: 0036433441     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1497.2002.20335.x     Document Type: Article

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