Disparity in frequency of normal coronary artery in Black and White patients undergoing cardiac catheterization

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 370-374

  Onwuanyi, Anekwe E ^a   Abe, Oluwole ^b   McMahon, Donald J ^d   Weil, Henry F C ^e   Philbin, Edward F ^g   Francis, Charles K ^c   Marx, Herbert ^f   Reed, Roberta G ^f  

^a MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c NEW YORK ACADEMY OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^e Bassett Healthcare ^*  (United States)

^f BASSETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary angiography; Coronary artery disease; Race; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MORBIDITY; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY VESSELS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 34250705234     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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