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Volume 341:2021-2022 December 23, 1999 Number 26
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Race, Sex, and Referral for Cardiac Catheterization

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To the Editor: I have read the article by Schwartz et al. (July 22 issue),1 and I am convinced by their arguments that the article by Schulman et al. in the February 25 issue2 did not present the best description of the data. I further agree that the three interpretations suggested by Schwartz et al. are reasonable alternatives, and I also like the idea of reporting risk ratios rather than odds ratios. However, I find myself wondering about the elephant in the back yard. Whether catheterization should or should not be prescribed as the treatment of choice is an excellent . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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N Engl J Med 1999; 341:287-288, Jul 22, 1999. Correspondence



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