Enrollment of Women in National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute-Funded Cardiovascular Randomized Controlled Trials Fails to Meet Current Federal Mandates for Inclusion

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 672-673

  Kim, Esther S H ^a   Carrigan, Thomas P ^a   Menon, Venu ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEFIBRILLATOR; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART INFARCTION; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LETTER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STROKE;

FEMALE; HUMANS; NATIONAL HEART, LUNG, AND BLOOD INSTITUTE (U.S.); PATIENT SELECTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH SUPPORT AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES; WOMEN;

EID: 48849103451     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2008.05.025     Document Type: Letter

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