Follow-up of Australian aboriginal patients following open-heart surgery in Western Australia

Heart Lung and Circulation

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 70-73

  Kejriwal, Nand K ^a   Tan, J T H ^a   Vasudevan, A ^a   Ong, M ^a   Newman, M A J ^a   Alvarez, J M ^a  

^a SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australian aboriginal; Follow up; Indigenous; Open heart surgery

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

ABORIGINE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OPEN HEART SURGERY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 3042832767     PISSN: 14439506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2004.01.011     Document Type: Article

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