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Heart 2004;90:595-597; doi:10.1136/hrt.2003.026476
Copyright © 2004 BMJ Publishing Group Ltd & British Cardiovascular Society
Heart 2004;90:595-597
© 2004 by BMJ Publishing Group & British Cardiac Society

EDITORIAL

Ethnic variations in acute coronary syndromes

G A Lanza

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Correspondence to:
Gaetano Antonio Lanza MD
Istituto di Cardiologia, Università Cattolica del S. Cuore, L.go A. Gemelli, 8, 00168 – Roma, Italy; g.a.lanza{at}inwind.it

ABSTRACT

Although it is very likely that ethnic variations in the incidence and, possibly, clinical outcome of acute coronary artery disease events exist, the causes for such differences are many and difficult to address fully, given the complex interplay of contributing factors

Keywords: acute coronary syndromes; epidemiology; ethnic differences; sex differences

Abbreviations: ACS, acute coronary syndromes; AMI, acute myocardial infarction; CAD, coronary artery disease; SMIR, Singapore Myocardial Infarction Register


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