Coronary heart disease in young adults

Current Atherosclerosis Reports

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 140-149

  Rubin, Jessica B ^a   Borden, William B ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Coronary heart disease; Myocardial infarction; Risk factors; Young adults

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; COCAINE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; ILLICIT DRUG; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; AORTA ARCH SYNDROME; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISSECTION; CORONARY RISK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MARKER; DRUG EFFICACY; EXERCISE ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FAMILIAL HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; NON ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SCREENING TEST; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CORONARY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL RATE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861233882     PISSN: 15233804     EISSN: 15346242     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11883-012-0226-3     Document Type: Article

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