Demographic data and outcome of acute coronary syndrome in the South African Asian Indian population

Cardiovascular Journal of South Africa

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 48-54

  Ranjith, N ^a   Pegoraro, R J ^b   Naidoo, D P ^c  

^a RK Khan Hospital   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^c INKOSI ALBERT LUTHULI CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ASIAN; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INDIAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRATION; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; SMOKING; SOUTH AFRICA; VASCULAR DISEASE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RISK FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; SYNDROME; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY;

EID: 17244363889     PISSN: 10159657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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