Ischaemic heart disease in Africa. How common is it? Will it become more common?

Heart

Volumn 94, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 824-825

  Commerford, Patrick ^a   Ntsekhe, Mpiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUSE OF DEATH; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY WARD; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AFRICA; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA;

EID: 46249104703     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2008.142778     Document Type: Editorial

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