The prevalence of hyperhomocysteinemia and its correlation with conventional risk factors in young patients with myocardial infarction in a tertiary care centre of India

Biomedical Research

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 225-229

  Kumar, A ^a   Khan, S A ^a   Parvez, A ^a   Zaheer, M S ^a   Rabbani, M U ^a   Zafar, L ^a  

^a ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Conventional risk factors; Myocardial infarction; Plasma homocysteine; Serum lipid profile; Young patients

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; HOMOCYSTEINE; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY CARE UNIT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; INDIA; LIPID COMPOSITION; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NON ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OBESITY; PHOTOMETRY; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SMOKING HABIT; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 80051538074     PISSN: 0970938X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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