Racial and ethnic differences in the treatment of acute myocardial infarction: Findings from the get with the guidelines-coronary artery disease program

Circulation

Volumn 121, Issue 21, 2010, Pages 2294-2301

  Cohen, Mauricio G ^a   Fonarow, Gregg C ^b   Peterson, Eric D ^c   Moscucci, Mauro ^a   Dai, David ^c   Hernandez, Adrian F ^c   Bonow, Robert O ^d   Smith, Sidney C ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Myocardial infarction; Outcomes; Registries; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DRUG USE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEART INFARCTION; HISPANIC; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RACE DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77953230905     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.109.922286     Document Type: Article

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