Ethnicity and socioeconomic status influence use of primary angioplasty in patients presenting with acute myocardial infarction

American Heart Journal

Volumn 154, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 989-993

  Casale, Scott N ^a,b   Auster, Carol J ^c   Wolf, Flossie ^d   Pei, Yanfen ^d   Devereux, Richard B ^e  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Lancaster Heart Foundation   (United States)

^c FRANKLIN AND MARSHALL COLLEGE   (United States)

^d Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council   (United States)

^e WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ANGIOPLASTY; ARTICLE; BYPASS SURGERY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS;

AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; ODDS RATIO; PENNSYLVANIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 35548967953     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2007.07.006     Document Type: Article

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