Invasive cardiac procedure use and mortality among South Asian and Chinese Canadians with coronary artery disease

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2010, Pages

  Quan, Hude ^a   Khan, Nadia ^b   Li, Bing ^c   Humphries, Karin H ^b   Faris, Peter ^a   Galbraith, P Diane ^d   Graham, Michelle ^e   Knudtson, Merril L ^d   Ghali, William A ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c ALBERTA HEALTH SERVICES   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chinese Canadians; Coronary artery disease; Invasive cardiac procedure; South Asian Canadians

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CANADA; CHINA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOUTHEAST ASIA; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURVIVAL; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON, CORONARY; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CANADA; CHINA; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77956924596     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0828-282X(10)70414-1     Document Type: Article

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