Contribution of major cardiovascular risk factors to familial premature coronary artery disease the GENECARD project

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 676-684

  Jomini, Vincent ^a   Oppliger Pasquali, Severine ^a   Wietlisbach, Vincent ^b   Rodondi, Nicolas ^c   Jotterand, Valérie ^a   Paccaud, Fred ^b   Darioli, Roger ^c   Nicod, Pascal ^a   Mooser, Vincent ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; GENETIC LINKAGE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OBESITY; PEDIGREE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 0037151603     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(02)02017-X     Document Type: Article

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