Patients undergoing coronary angiography because of chest pain with hepatitis C virus seropositivity have a higher prevalence of obstructive coronary artery disease than a control group

Archives of Medical Science

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 452-454

  Ramdeen, Navindra ^a   Aronow, Wilbert S ^a   Chugh, Savneek ^a   Asija, Amit ^a  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary angiography; Coronary artery disease; Hepatitis C virus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY RISK; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; SERODIAGNOSIS; SMOKING; THORAX PAIN;

EID: 60249093674     PISSN: 17341922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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