Racial differences in rates of aortic valve replacement in patients with severe aortic stenosis

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 112, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 991-995

  Yeung, Michael ^a   Kerrigan, Jimmy ^b   Sodhi, Sandeep ^a   Huang, Pei Hsiu ^c   Novak, Eric ^d   Maniar, Hersh ^d   Zajarias, Alan ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM PHOSPHATE; CLOPIDOGREL; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AORTA STENOSIS; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COUNSELING; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY, CHRONIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT REFUSAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84884416837     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: 18791913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2013.05.030     Document Type: Article

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