Comparison of acute coronary syndromes among elderly African Americans, elderly whites, and elderly patients of other races

Heart Disease

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 282-284

  Nayak, Devraj ^a   Woodworth, Stephen ^a   Aronow, Wilbert S ^a   Pucillo, Anthony L ^a   Koneru, Srinivas ^a  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; RACE DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0036745091     PISSN: 1521737X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00132580-200209000-00003     Document Type: Article

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