Epidemiology of coronary heart disease and acute coronary syndrome

Annals of Translational Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 13, 2016, Pages

  Sanchis Gomar, Fabian ^a   Perez Quilis, Carme ^a   Leischik, Roman ^b   Lucia, Alejandro ^a,c  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSIDAD EUROPEA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease (CVD); Mortality; Myocardial infarction (MI); Sudden cardiac death (SCD)

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; NON ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 85006228140     PISSN: 23055839     EISSN: 23055847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21037/atm.2016.06.33     Document Type: Review

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