Coronary artery disease in young adults

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 529-531

  Klein, Lloyd W ^a,b   Nathan, Sandeep ^a  

^a RUSH MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGER; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY RISK; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EXERCISE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; NOTE; PATHOGENESIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037454071     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(02)02861-9     Document Type: Editorial

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