Concomitant coronary artery disease among Asian ischaemic stroke patients

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 573-575

  De Silva, Deidre Anne ^a,d   Fung, Peng Woon ^b   Kyaw, Thu Moe ^b   Chen, Christopher L H ^c   Hui, Meng Chang ^a   Meng, Cheong Wong ^a  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d NONE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Associations; Atherosclerosis; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ASIAN; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SINGAPORE; STROKE;

EID: 49449105340     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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