Ethnic differences in the management of coronary heart disease patients: Lessons to be learned in Indo-Asians

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 69-73

  Elahi, Maqsood ^a   Chetty, Govind ^a   Matata, Bashir ^a,b  

^a GLENFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b LIVERPOOL HEART AND CHEST HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Ethnicity; Ischaemic heart disease; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PATIENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ASIA; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY DISEASE; ETHNIC GROUPS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 29044436317     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000089389     Document Type: Article

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