The impact of ethnicity on outcomes following coronary artery bypass graft surgery in the veterans health administration

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1786-1793

  Rumsfeld, John S ^a   Plomondon, Mary E ^a   Peterson, Eric D ^b   Shlipak, Michael G ^a   Maynard, Charles ^c   Grunwald, Gary K ^a   Grover, Frederick L ^a   Shroyer, A Laurie W ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;

EID: 0037145941     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(02)02485-3     Document Type: Article

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