Untreated hypercholesterolemia in an emergency department chest pain observation unit population

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 699-702

  Chandra, Abhinav ^a   Compton, Scott ^a   Sochor, Mark ^a   Puri, Sankalp ^a   Zalenski, Robert J ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chest pain observation unit; Cholesterol; Hypercholesterolemia; Urban

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIC AGENT; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY BLOOD; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY RISK; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; THORAX PAIN; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANTICHOLESTEREMIC AGENTS; CHEST PAIN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN CLINICS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PILOT PROJECTS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0036308017     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/aemj.9.7.699     Document Type: Article

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