Differences in the Clinical Characteristics of Ethnic Minority Groups With Heart Failure Managed in Specialized Heart Failure Clinics

JACC: Heart Failure

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 392-399

  Choi, Diana ^a   Nemi, Edson ^b   Fernando, Carlos ^b   Gupta, Milan ^b,c,d   Moe, Gordon W ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chinese; Ethnic minorities; Heart failure; South Asian

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CANDESARTAN; CAPTOPRIL; CARVEDILOL; DIGOXIN; ENALAPRIL; FUROSEMIDE; HYDRALAZINE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LISINOPRIL; METOPROLOL; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PERINDOPRIL; RAMIPRIL; SPIRONOLACTONE; THIAZIDE DIURETIC AGENT; TRANDOLAPRIL; VALSARTAN; WARFARIN; CARDIOTONIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; CANADA; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHINESE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG USE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOUTH ASIAN; AGED; ASIA; CHINA; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY ARTERY OCCLUSION; CORONARY CARE UNIT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGED; ASIA, WESTERN; CARDIOTONIC AGENTS; CHINA; CORONARY CARE UNITS; CORONARY OCCLUSION; CORONARY STENOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; ONTARIO; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84905447892     PISSN: 22131779     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jchf.2014.02.011     Document Type: Article

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