Prevalence of coronary risk factors, clinical presentation and complications in acute coronary syndrome patients living at high vs. low altitudes in Yemen

MedGenMed Medscape General Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  Al Huthi, Mohamed Ali ^a,b   Raja'a, Yahia Ahmed ^c   Al Noami, Mohammed ^c   Rahman, Abdul Rashid Abdul ^d,e  

^a THAMAR UNIVERSITY   (Yemen)

^b Al Thawrah General Teching Hospital   (Yemen)

^c SANA A UNIVERSITY   (Yemen)

^d ADVANCED MEDICAL AND DENTAL INSTITUTE   (Malaysia)

^e CYBERJAYA UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPID;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALTITUDE; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY RISK; DEATH; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; YEMEN; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; HEART INFARCTION; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; SYNDROME;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ALTITUDE; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SYNDROME; YEMEN;

EID: 33750985373     PISSN: 15310132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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