Cardiovascular Revascularization Medicine
Volume 7, Issue 2 , Pages 64-69 , April 2006

Apparent racial disparity in the utilization of invasive testing for risk assessment of cardiac patients undergoing noncardiac surgery

  • Constantine A. Hassapoyannes

      Affiliations

    • Section of Cardiology, Medical Service, WJB Dorn Veterans' Affairs Medical Center, the WJB Dorn Research Institute, Columbia, SC, USA
    • Department of Medicine, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, SC, USA
    • Department of Physiology, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, SC, USA
    • ,
  • Dan-Victor Giurgiutiu

      Affiliations

    • Section of Cardiology, Medical Service, WJB Dorn Veterans' Affairs Medical Center, the WJB Dorn Research Institute, Columbia, SC, USA
    • Department of Medicine, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, SC, USA
    • Department of Physiology, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, SC, USA
    • ,
  • Gregory Eaves

      Affiliations

    • Section of Cardiology, Medical Service, WJB Dorn Veterans' Affairs Medical Center, the WJB Dorn Research Institute, Columbia, SC, USA
    • Department of Medicine, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, SC, USA
    • Department of Physiology, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, SC, USA
    • ,
  • Mohammad-Reza Movahed

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Division of Cardiology, 101 The City Drive, Bldg 53 Room 100, Orange, CA 92868, USA. Tel.: +1 714 456 5427; fax: +1 714 456 8895.

Received 18 October 2005 ,Revised 2 December 2005 ,Accepted 2 December 2005.

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PII: S1553-8389(05)00193-4

doi: 10.1016/j.carrev.2005.12.001

Cardiovascular Revascularization Medicine
Volume 7, Issue 2 , Pages 64-69 , April 2006

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