Open AccessPrevalence of coronary artery disease in a semi urban population in Southern Sri Lanka
Author(s) -
J. Jayawardene,
G D N Samarutilake,
M H M Zackie,
P V De Silva,
A. Karunanayake,
Mervyn Weerasooriya
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
ceylon medical journal/the ceylon medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2386-1274
pISSN - 0009-0875
DOI - 10.4038/cmj.v62i1.8432
Subject(s) - medicine , coronary artery disease , population , family history , sri lanka , cluster sampling , cross sectional study , family medicine , environmental health , pathology , ethnology , south asia , history
Prevalence of coronary artery disease (CAD) is on the rise in Sri Lanka resulting in high hospital mortality rates. Because of paucity of community based data on CAD we carried out this study to assess prevalence of CAD and associated factors in a suburban population in Southern Sri Lanka.