Weight reduction in patients with coronary artery disease: Comparison of traditional Tibetan medicine and Western diet

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 168, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 1509-1515

  Von Haehling, Stephan ^a   Stellos, Konstantinos ^b,e   Qusar, Namgyal ^c   Gawaz, Meinrad ^b   Bigalke, Boris ^b,d  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c Tibetan Healing Centre   (India)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

BMI; Body weight loss diet; Coronary artery disease; Metabolic syndrome; Traditional Tibetan Medicine

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTIVITAMIN K; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL; CLOPIDOGREL; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; FIBRINOGEN; GLUCOSE; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LIPID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIET THERAPY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; FOLLOW UP; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEART RATE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; PARALLEL DESIGN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK REDUCTION; TIBETAN MEDICINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT CHANGE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

BMI; BODY WEIGHT LOSS DIET; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; METABOLIC SYNDROME; TRADITIONAL TIBETAN MEDICINE;

AGED; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE, TIBETAN TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 84885293098     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2013.07.034     Document Type: Article

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