Variability in lipid profile in patients with acute myocardial infarction from two tertiary care hospitals in Pakistan

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 54, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 544-549

  Iqbal, M P ^a   Shafiq, M ^a   Mehboobali, N ^a   Iqbal, S P ^a   Abbasi, K ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LIPID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BODY MASS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; PAKISTAN; SMOKING; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

AGED; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; DIABETIC ANGIOPATHIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; LIPOPROTEINS, HDL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PAKISTAN; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 11144305100     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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