Design and rationale of the Japanese Coronary Artery Disease (JCAD) Study: A large-scale, multicentered prospective cohort study

Japanese Heart Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 895-911

  Hayashi, Doubun ^a   Yamazaki, Tsutomu ^a   Nagai, Ryozo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Coronary risk factors; Japanese prospective cohort; Major cardiovascular event (MACE); Pharmacological treatment; Registration via web

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHI SQUARE TEST; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FOLLOW UP; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; INCIDENCE; INTERNET; JAPAN; LONG TERM CARE; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; STATISTICS;

COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY DISEASE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS;

EID: 13844316824     PISSN: 00214868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1536/jhj.45.895     Document Type: Article

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