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Cardiovascular disease and risk factors among 345 adults in rural India--the Andhra Pradesh Rural Health Initiative.
Int J Cardiol
March 2007
The George Institute For International Health, University of Sydney, P.O. Box M 210, Missenden Road, Sydney 2050, Australia.
Background: Heart attack and stroke are problems already faced by some urban populations of India, but less is known about cardiovascular disease and risk factors in rural areas. The aim of the study was to investigate the levels and management of major cardiovascular risk factors and the prevalence of cardiovascular disease in two villages in rural Andhra Pradesh, India.
Methods: A cross-sectional survey was done by selecting a random sample stratified by age and gender from each village using census lists compiled in 2002.
The role of the 12-lead ECG as a screening test for cardiac source of embolus.
Heart Lung Circ
December 2005
Department of Cardiology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Missenden Road, Camperdown, Sydney, NSW 2050, Australia.
Background: Investigation for cardiac source of embolus (CSE) is one of the commonest referrals for transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) of hospital inpatients, but has a relatively low-diagnostic yield. We sort to investigate whether 12-lead ECG might be useful in screening patients to obviate the need for TTE, in a subset of patients referred for echocardiographic investigation of cardiac source of embolus.
Methods: We collected ECG and echo data for 400 consecutively referred inpatients for TTE investigation of possible cardiac source of embolus.