A prospective review of acute coronary syndromes in an urban hospital in sub-Saharan Africa

Cardiovascular Journal of Africa

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 318-321

  Shavadia, Jay ^a   Yonga, Gerald ^a   Otieno, Harun ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; Clinical characteristics; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGED; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; THORAX PAIN; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; URBAN AREA;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; TIME-TO-TREATMENT; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 84864397348     PISSN: 19951892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5830/CVJA-2012-002     Document Type: Review

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