Plasma total homocysteine and risk of angina pectoris with subsequent coronary artery bypass surgery

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 799-801

  Verhoef, Petra ^a,b,c,d   Hennekens, Charles H ^a,b,c,d   Allen, Robert H ^a,b,c,d   Stabler, Sally P ^a,b,c,d   Willett, Walter C ^a,b,c,d   Stampfer, Meir J ^a  

^a CHANNING LABORATORY   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; PYRIDOXINE;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; CORONARY RISK; HOMOCYSTINURIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SMOKING; THROMBOGENICITY;

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0030893673     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(96)00874-0     Document Type: Article

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