Cardiovascular science in the service of national strength

JAMA

Volumn 306, Issue 19, 2011, Pages 2145-2146

  Lauer, Michael S ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; MICRORNA;

AORTA STENOSIS; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHROMOSOME 9P; CHROMOSOME VARIANT; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DEATH; DEFIBRILLATOR; EPIGENETICS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART SURGERY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTESTINE FLORA; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NOTE; NUTRITION; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVASCULARIZATION; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; SMOKING CESSATION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; STENT; STROKE; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; UNITED STATES; WORK;

EID: 81255147425     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2011.1669     Document Type: Note

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