Relation of insurance status to performance of coronary angiography in patients with unstable angina pectoris or acute myocardial infarction

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 721-723

  Cho, Leslie ^b   Bhatt, Deepak L ^b   Brennan, Danielle ^b   Wilcox, Robert G ^b   Topol, Eric J ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; NITRATE;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSURANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MANAGED CARE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; STUDENT T TEST; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

EID: 0037443577     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(02)03413-6     Document Type: Article

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