Open AccessCardiovascular risk factor profile of black Africans undergoing coronary angiography
Author(s) -
Charles G Kamotho,
EO Ogola,
Mark Joshi,
DK Gikonyo
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
east african medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.102
H-Index - 40
ISSN - 0012-835X
DOI - 10.4314/eamj.v81i2.9130
Subject(s) - medicine , coronary artery disease , diabetes mellitus , retrospective cohort study , risk factor , population , prospective cohort study , incidence (geometry) , cardiology , left ventricular hypertrophy , interventricular septum , angiography , surgery , blood pressure , endocrinology , physics , environmental health , ventricle , optics
Coronary artery disease (CAD) is a growing epidemic on the African continent. It remains uncertain whether the risk factors identified as contributing to CAD in white populations contribute to a similar extent to CAD incidence in black populations. No data of the local population exists that is based on the coronary angiogram (CA).