Influence of race, sex, and age on management of unstable angina and non-Q-wave myocardial infarction: The TIMI III registry

JAMA

Volumn 275, Issue 14, 1996, Pages 1104-1112

  Stone, Peter H ^a   Thompson, Bruce ^b   Anderson, H Vernon ⁱ   Kronenberg, Marvin W ^j   Gibson, Robert S ^k   Rogers, William J ^g   Diver, Daniel J ^d   Théroux, Pierre ^f   Warnica, J W ^h   Nasmith, James B ^e   Kells, Catherine ^l   Kleiman, Neal ^c   McCabe, Carolyn H ^a   Schactman, Mark ^b   Knatterud, Genell L ^b   Braunwald, Eugene ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MARYLAND MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e HÔPITAL DU SACRÉ COEUR DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^f MONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^l QUEEN ELIZABETH II HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

EID: 5644227661     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.275.14.1104     Document Type: Article

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