Rationale and study design of a cross sectional study documenting the prevalence of heart failure amongst the minority ethnic communities in the UK: The E-ECHOES Study (Ethnic - Echocardiographic Heart of England Screening Study)

BMC Cardiovascular Disorders

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages 47-

  Gill, Paramjit S ^a   Davis, Russell ^b   Davies, Michael ^c   Freemantle, Nick ^a   Lip, Gregory Y H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN CARIBBEAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HUMAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BANGLADESH; CARIBBEAN REGION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENGLAND; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; PAKISTAN; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; RESEARCH DESIGN; SAMPLE SIZE; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 70449633305     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712261     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2261-9-47     Document Type: Article

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