Perspectives on coronary heart disease in African Americans

Reviews in Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2004, Pages

  Watkins, Laurence O ^a  

^a Healthy Heart Center   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Coronary heart disease; Hypertension; Left ventricular hypertrophy; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; ESTROGEN; FIBRINOGEN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; GESTAGEN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LIPOPROTEIN;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUCASIAN; CAUSE OF DEATH; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIABETES MELLITUS; GENDER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MORTALITY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; ETHNOLOGY; GENETICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; REVIEW; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4344603196     PISSN: 15306550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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