Long-term survival of African Americans in the Coronary Artery Surgery Study (CASS)

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 358-364

  Taylor Jr , Herman A ^a,b   Mickel, Mary C ^b   Chaitman, Bernard R ^c   Sopko, George ^d   Cutter, Gary R ^e   Rogers, William J ^a  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e Pythagoras Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY SURGERY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REGISTRIES; SMOKING; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0342981592     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(96)00500-1     Document Type: Article

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