Cardiovascular disease in Chinese Canadians: A case-mix study from an urban tertiary care cardiology clinic

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 861-869

  Tso, David K ^a   Moe, Gordon ^a  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Coronary artery disease; Epidemiology; Heart failure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CANADA; CARDIOLOGY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CASE MIX; CAUCASIAN; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHINESE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY RISK; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNIC GROUP; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; POPULATION RESEARCH; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; URBAN AREA; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CANADA; CARDIOLOGY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHINA; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 0036697766     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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