Do race-specific models explain disparities in treatments after acute myocardial infarction?

American Heart Journal

Volumn 153, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 785-791

  Jha, Ashish K ^a,b   Staiger, Douglas O ^e   Lucas, F Lee ^f   Chandra, Amitabh ^c,d  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e Dartmouth College   (United States)

^f MAINE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; COVARIANCE; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART MUSCLE REPERFUSION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT PLANNING; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; ASPIRIN; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL REPERFUSION; ODDS RATIO; SEX DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34247140118     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2007.02.014     Document Type: Article

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