Can the SCORE and NCEP function charts be applied in primary prevention to estimate cardiovascular risk in the Argentine population?;¿Son aplicables las funciones SCORE y NCEP para el cálculo del riesgo cardiovascular en prevención primaria en la población Argentina?

Revista Argentina de Cardiologia

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 346-349

  Benozzi, Silvia F ^a   Álvarez, Cristina A ^a   Echeverría, Guillermo Gómez ^a   Perruzza, Fernando ^b   Pennacchiotti, Graciela L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL SUR   (Argentina)

^b Sociedad Argentina de Pediatría   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular diseases; Risk assessment; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NATIONAL CHOLESTEROL EDUCATION PROGRAM; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIMARY PREVENTION; SYSTEMATIC CORONARY RISK EVALUATION;

EID: 79951573978     PISSN: 00347000     EISSN: 18503748     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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