Presentation of stable angina pectoris among women and South Asian people

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 179, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 659-667

  Zaman, M Justin ^a   Junghans, Cornelia ^a   Sekhri, Neha ^b   Chen, Ruoling ^a   Feder, Gene S ^c   Timmis, Adam D ^c   Hemingway, Harry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROGNOSIS; REVASCULARIZATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUTH ASIA; STABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

EID: 52449134279     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.071763     Document Type: Article

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