An annual, prospective, international study of outpatients with cardiovascular disease or risk factors: Design and methods of the CardioMonitor registry

Critical Pathways in Cardiology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 72-75

  Steinberg, Benjamin A ^a,b   Ballantyne, Christie M ^c   Bhatt, Deepak L ^d   Montalescot, Gilles ^e   Mehta, Shamir ^f   O'Hagan, Philip ^g   Poole Wilson, Philip A ^h   Cannon, Christopher P ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^f MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g Taylor Nelson Sofres Healthcare ^*  (France)

^h IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CardioMonitor; Cardiovascular disease; Epidemiology; Outpatient; Registry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSLIPIDEMIA; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART DISEASE; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OUTPATIENT CARE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENTS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 34249940160     PISSN: 1535282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HPC.0b013e318053d1a1     Document Type: Article

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