Ethnic differences in the occurrence of acute coronary syndrome: Results of the Malaysian National Cardiovascular Disease (NCVD) Database Registry (March 2006 - February 2010)

BMC Cardiovascular Disorders

Volumn 13, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Lu, Hou T ^a,b   Nordin, Rusli B ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b HOSPITAL SULTANAH AMINAH   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE ANTAGONIST; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; HEPARIN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; INSULIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; STREPTOKINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE REGISTRY; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INDIAN; INDIGENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALAYSIAN; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); NON ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INDIA; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84887079465     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712261     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2261-13-97     Document Type: Article

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