Introducing the Tehran Heart Center's Premature Coronary Atherosclerosis Cohort: THC-PAC Study

• Published in: Journal of Tehran University Heart Center Vol. 10; no. 1; p. 34
• Main Authors: Abbasi, Seyed Hesameddin, Kassaian, Seyed Ebrahim, Sadeghian, Saeed, Karimi, Abbasali, Saadat, Soheil, Peyvandi, Flora, Jalali, Arash, Davarpasand, Tahereh, Shahmansouri, Nazila, Lotfi-Tokaldany, Masoumeh, Abchouyeh, Maryam Amiri, Isfahani, Farah Ayatollahzade, Rosendaal, Frits
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Tehran Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2015
• Subjects: Cardiology; Epidemiologic studies • Cohort studies • Coronary artery disease • Young adult; Health risk assessment; Heart attacks; Mortality; Studies

Data on premature coronary artery disease (CAD) are scarce. The Tehran Heart Center's Premature Coronary Atherosclerosis Cohort Study is the first study of its kind in the Middle East to assess major adverse cardiac events (MACE) in young CAD patients. The cohort consists of CAD patients, males...