The impact of an acute myocardial infarction guideline and pathway on racial outcomes at a University Hospital

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 653-658

  Williams, Marcus Leon ^a,b,c,d   Hill, George ^a   Jackson, Mary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Cardiac Associates of North Jersey   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Coronary artery disease; Left ventricular ejection fraction

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; RACE DIFFERENCE; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL PATHWAY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; HEART INFARCTION; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CORONARY STENOSIS; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; NORTH CAROLINA; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE VOLUME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33749333691     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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