Electrocardiographic assessment of coronary artery disease and stroke risk factors in rural and urban Tanzania: A case-control study

Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 315-320

  Walker, Richard W ^a,b   Dewhurst, Matthew ^a,b   Gray, William K ^a   Jusabani, Ahmed ^c   Aris, Eric ^d   Unwin, Nigel ^e   Swai, Mark ^c   Adams, Philip C ^f   Mugusi, Ferdinand ^d  

^a NORTH TYNESIDE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c KILIMANJARO CHRISTIAN MEDICAL CENTRE   (Tanzania)

^d Muhimbili Hospital   (Tanzania)

^e UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^f ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

coronary artery disease; Electrocardiography; stroke; sub Saharan Africa; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ECG ABNORMALITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; TANZANIA; URBAN AREA;

CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; STROKE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FLUTTER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; STROKE; TANZANIA; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 84893427935     PISSN: 10523057     EISSN: 15328511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2013.03.002     Document Type: Article

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