Racial differences in heart failure

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 361, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 92-

  Drazner, Mark H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SYSTOLIC DYSFUNCTION;

EID: 67649639833     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc090776     Document Type: Letter

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