American Journal of Cardiology
Volume 105, Issue 5 , Pages 694-700 , 1 March 2010

Mortality After Hospitalization for Heart Failure in Blacks Compared to Whites

  • Howard S. Gordon, MD

      Affiliations

    • Center for Management of Complex Chronic Care, Jesse Brown Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois
    • Sections of General Internal Medicine and Health Promotion Research, Department of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois
    • Institute for Health Research and Policy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Tel: (312) 996-8591; fax: (312) 413-8950
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  • Patrick R. Nowlin, MA

      Affiliations

    • Center for Management of Complex Chronic Care, Jesse Brown Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois
    • ,
  • Daniel Maynard, MA

      Affiliations

    • Center for Management of Complex Chronic Care, Jesse Brown Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois
    • ,
  • Michael L. Berbaum, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Health Research and Policy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
    • ,
  • Anita Deswal, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Section of Cardiology, Winters Center for Heart Failure Research and Houston Center for Quality of Care and Utilization Studies, Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas

Received 19 August 2009 ,Revised 28 October 2009 ,Accepted 28 October 2009.

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 This work was supported in part by grant ECV-02-254 from the Veterans Affairs Health Services Research and Development Service.

 The views expressed in this report are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the Department of Veterans Affairs.

PII: S0002-9149(09)02594-6

doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2009.10.051

American Journal of Cardiology
Volume 105, Issue 5 , Pages 694-700 , 1 March 2010

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