Coronary angiographic findings and conventional coronary artery disease risk factors of Indo-Guyanese immigrants with stable angina pectoris and acute coronary syndromes.

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BACKGROUND: The prevalence of coronary artery disease (CAD) among migrant Indian populations exceeds that of Caucasians. Migrant Indians also suffer from more premature, clinically aggressive and angiographically extensive, (i.e., 3-vessel disease). It is not known whether the extent of angiographic CAD or the conventional CAD risk factors of Indo-Guyanese (IG) immigrants differs from that of Caucasians. METHODS:...

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