Sex and race are associated with the absence of epicardial coronary artery obstructive disease at angiography in patients with acute coronary syndromes

Clinical Cardiology

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 495-501

  Chokshi, Neel P ^a   Iqbal, Sohah N ^a   Berger, Rachel L ^a   Hochman, Judith S ^a   Feit, Frederick ^a   Slater, James N ^a   Pena Sing, Ivan ^a   Yatskar, Leonid ^a   Keller, Norma M ^a   Babaev, Anvar ^a   Attubato, Michael J ^a   Reynolds, Harmony R ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY RISK; EPICARDIUM; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PREVALENCE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; ASIAN AMERICANS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY STENOSIS; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NEW YORK CITY; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 77955995177     PISSN: 01609289     EISSN: 19328737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clc.20794     Document Type: Article

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