Retinopathy predicts coronary heart disease mortality

Heart

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 391-394

  Liew, G ^a   Wong, T Y ^b,c   Mitchell, P ^a   Cheung, N ^b   Wang, J J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHY; MORTALITY; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINOPATHY; RISK FACTOR;

AUSTRALIA; CORONARY DISEASE; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 61949439048     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2008.146670     Document Type: Article

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