Cardiometabolic Risk in Canada: A Detailed Analysis and Position Paper by the Cardiometabolic Risk Working Group

Canadian Journal of Cardiology - Tập 27 Số 2 - Trang e1-e33 - 2011
Lawrence A. Leiter1,2, David Fitchett1,2, Richard E. Gilbert1,2, Milan Gupta3,1,4,2, G.B. John Mancini5, Philip A. McFarlane1,2, Robert Ross6, Hwee Teoh1, Subodh Verma1,2, Sonia S. Anand4, Kathryn Camelon7, Chi-Ming Chow1,2, Jafna L. Cox8, Jean‐Pierre Després9, Jacques Genest10, Stewart B. Harris11, David C.W. Lau12, Richard Lewanczuk13, Peter P. Liu5,2, Eva Lonn5, Ruth McPherson14, Paul Poirier8, Shafiq Qaadri15, Rémi Rabasa‐Lhoret16, Simon W. Rabkin5, Arya M. Sharma13, Andrew Steele17, James A. Stone12, Jean‐Claude Tardif18, Sheldon W. Tobe19,2, Ehud Ur5
1Keenan Research Centre in the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
3Brampton Civic Hospital, Brampton, Ontario, Canada
4McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
5University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
6Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
7University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
8Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
9Université Laval, Québec City, Québec, Canada
10McGill University, Montreal, Québec, Canada
11University of Western Ontario London, Ontario, Canada
12University of Calgary, calgary, Alberta, canada
13University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
14University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
15Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada
16Institut de Recherches Cliniques de Montréal, Montreal, Québec, Canada
17Lakeridge Health Corporation, Oshawa, Ontario, Canada
18Université de Montréal, Montreal, Québec, Canada
19Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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