An evaluation of gender and racial disparity in the decision to treat surgically arterial disease

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1340-1347

  Amaranto, Daniel J ^a   Abbas, Farah ^a   Krantz, Seth ^a   Pearce, William H ^a   Wang, Edward ^a   Kibbe, Melina R ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOPLASTY; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTICLE; BYPASS SURGERY; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; LIMB ISCHEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; STENT; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOPLASTY; ANKLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CAROTID STENOSIS; CHICAGO; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT SELECTION; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; STENTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 70649108717     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2009.07.089     Document Type: Article

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