Sex and Racial Differences in the Management of Acute Myocardial Infarction, 1994 through 2002
New England Journal of MedicinePublished 17 August 2005Open access
Viola Vaccarino, Saif S. Rathore, Nanette K. Wenger, Frederick A. Spencer, Jerome L. Abramson, Hal V. Barron
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Rates of reperfusion therapy, coronary angiography, and in-hospital death after myocardial infarction, but not the use of aspirin and beta-blockers, vary according to race and sex, with no evidence that the differences have narrowed in recent years.
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