Impact of ethnicity and gender differences on angiographic coronary artery disease prevalence and in-hospital mortality in the American College of Cardiology-National Cardiovascular Data Registry.

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Published in Circulation on March 31, 2008

Authors

Leslee J Shaw1, Richard E Shaw, C Noel Bairey Merz, Ralph G Brindis, Lloyd W Klein, Brahmajee Nallamothu, Pamela S Douglas, Ronald J Krone, Charles R McKay, Peter C Block, Kathleen Hewitt, William S Weintraub, Eric D Peterson, American College of Cardiology-National Cardiovascular Data Registry Investigators

Author Affiliations

1: Emory Program in Cardiovascular Outcomes Research and Epidemiology, 1256 Briarcliff Rd NE, Suite 1-N, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30306, USA. lshaw3@emory.edu

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