Outcomes in Young South Asian Canadians After Acute Myocardial Infarction

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 178-183

  Albarak, Jasem ^a   Nijjar, Aman P K ^a   Aymong, Eve ^a   Wang, Hong ^a   Quan, Hude ^b   Khan, Nadia A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; SOUTH ASIA;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CANADA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862802179     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2011.10.014     Document Type: Article

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