American Heart Journal
Volume 154, Issue 3 , Pages 532-538 , September 2007

Mobile cardiac catheterization laboratories increase use of cardiac care in women and African Americans

  • Michael H. Sketch Jr, MD

      Affiliations

    • Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Michael H. Sketch, Jr, MD, Director, Adult Cardiac Catheterization Laboratories, Duke Hospital, P.O. Box 3157, Durham, NC 27710.
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  • Karen S. Pieper, MS

      Affiliations

    • Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
    • ,
  • John Warner, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
    • ,
  • John M. Daniel, BA

      Affiliations

    • Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
    • ,
  • Tammey M. Wilkerson, RN

      Affiliations

    • Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
    • ,
  • J. Kevin Harrison, MD

      Affiliations

    • Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
    • ,
  • Eric D. Peterson, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
    • ,
  • Thomas M. Bashore, MD

      Affiliations

    • Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC

Received 13 March 2007 ,Accepted 14 April 2007.

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PII: S0002-8703(07)00362-6

doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2007.04.038

American Heart Journal
Volume 154, Issue 3 , Pages 532-538 , September 2007

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