"Renalism": Inappropriately low rates of coronary angiography in elderly individuals with renal insufficiency

Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 2462-2468

  Chertow, Glenn M ^a,d   Normand, Sharon Lise T ^b,c   McNeil, Barbara J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; CREATININE;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DEATH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NEPHROTOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; RISK; STANDARD;

EID: 4344675049     PISSN: 10466673     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ASN.0000135969.33773.0B     Document Type: Article

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