A Convenient Tool to Profile Patients for Generalized Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Primary Care

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 103, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1174-1177

  Wickramasinghe, S Rasika ^a   DeFilippis, Andrew P ^a   Lloyd Jones, Donald M ^b   Blumenthal, Roger S ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STROKE; TOOL USE;

EID: 63749097424     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2008.12.040     Document Type: Note

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