Racial and ethnic differences in the treatment of acute myocardial infarction: findings from the Get With the Guidelines-Coronary Artery Disease program.

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Published in Circulation on May 17, 2010

Authors

Mauricio G Cohen1, Gregg C Fonarow, Eric D Peterson, Mauro Moscucci, David Dai, Adrian F Hernandez, Robert O Bonow, Sidney C Smith

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1: University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, FL, USA. mgcohen@med.miami.edu

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