Sex and Racial Differences in the Management of Acute Myocardial Infarction, 1994 through 2002

This study compared treatments and outcomes after myocardial infarction according to sex and race from 1994 through 2002. As compared with white men, black men and both white and black women had lower rates of reperfusion therapy and coronary angiography, and black women had higher mortality. Sex an...

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Published in:	The New England journal of medicine Vol. 353; no. 7; pp. 671 - 682
Main Authors:	Vaccarino, Viola, Rathore, Saif S, Wenger, Nanette K, Frederick, Paul D, Abramson, Jerome L, Barron, Hal V, Manhapra, Ajay, Mallik, Susmita, Krumholz, Harlan M
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Boston, MA Massachusetts Medical Society 18-08-2005
Subjects:	Adrenergic beta-Antagonists - therapeutic use Aged Angioplasty Aspirin - therapeutic use Biological and medical sciences Black or African American Black People Cardiology. Vascular system Cardiovascular disease Coronary Angiography - statistics & numerical data Coronary heart disease Female General aspects Health Services Accessibility Heart Heart attacks Hospital Mortality Hospitalization Hospitals Humans Logistic Models Male Medical imaging Medical sciences Middle Aged Myocardial Infarction - ethnology Myocardial Infarction - therapy Myocardial Revascularization - statistics & numerical data Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors - therapeutic use Process Assessment, Health Care Quality of Health Care Race Racial differences Risk Factors Sex Factors United States White People United States Myocardial infarction Acute Sex Cardiovascular disease Male Myocardial disease Epidemiology Ethnic group Medicine Clinical management Treatment 1994 Heart disease 2002 Female Comparative study Empirical Approach Health Care and Public Health
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