Low occurrence of ischemic heart disease among Inuit around 1963 suggested from ECG among 1851 East Greenland Inuit

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 203, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 599-603

  Kjærgaard, Marie ^a   Andersen, Stig ^a,b   Holten, Mads ^a   Mulvad, Gert ^c   Kjærgaard, Jens Jørgen ^a  

^a Queen Ingrids Hospital   (Greenland)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c Primary Health Care Clinic   (Greenland)

Author keywords

ECG; Greenland; Hypertrophy; Inuit; Ischemic heart disease; Population study; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; ESKIMO; FEMALE; GREENLAND; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART AUSCULTATION; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GREENLAND; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INUITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PREVALENCE; RISK;

EID: 62649164217     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2008.07.027     Document Type: Article

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