Cardiovascular disease in the developing world: Prevalences, patterns, and the potential of early disease detection

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 60, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 1207-1216

  Celermajer, David S ^a,b   Chow, Clara K ^a,c,d   Marijon, Eloi ^e   Anstey, Nicholas M ^f,g   Woo, Kam S ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c GEORGE INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL HEALTH   (Australia)

^d WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e HÔPITAL EUROPÉEN GEORGES POMPIDOU   (France)

^f MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^g ROYAL DARWIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^h CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

atherosclerosis; Chagas' disease; endothelium; malaria; rheumatic heart disease

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; ARTESUNATE;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIAC IMAGING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHINA; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HUMAN; INDIA; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFESTYLE; MALARIA; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SEROLOGY;

EID: 84866739068     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2012.03.074     Document Type: Review

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