The Use of Coronary Revascularisation Procedures in Urban Australian Aboriginals and a Matched General Population. Coronary Procedures in Aboriginals

Heart Lung and Circulation

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 247-250

  Bradshaw, Pamela J ^a   Alfonso, Helman S ^a   Finn, Judith ^a,b   Owen, Julie ^a   Thompson, Peter L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal; Coronary artery; Procedures; Revascularisation

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON, CORONARY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; RISK FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 77649236754     PISSN: 14439506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2009.11.001     Document Type: Article

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