Cardiac surgery in African Americans

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2003, Pages

  Bridges, Charles R ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY SURGERY; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEART DEATH; HEART SURGERY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NEGRO; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RACE DIFFERENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL MORTALITY;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0141562274     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(03)01203-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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