UBC-Providence health team identifies a key predictor of cardiovascular death
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 - 03:07
in Health & Medicine
Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) hospitalises more than 160,000 Canadians every year, and almost one quarter of those patients die from this common form of heart disease. But now a team of Vancouver-based researchers has identified a key predictor of mortality in CAD patients, which means that specialists can better determine how to treat and improve outcomes for patients with CAD...
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