title: Prevalence, treatments and outcomes of coronary artery disease in Indians: A systematic review.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To conduct a systematic review on the prevalence, risk factors, treatments and outcomes of Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) in Indians.
  
  
  RESULTS
  We conducted a systematic review of studies in Indians with CAD from Jan 1969 to Oct 2012. Initial search yielded 3885 studies and after review 288 observational studies were included. The prevalence of CAD in urban areas was 2.5%-12.6% and in rural areas, 1.4%-4.6%. The prevalence of risk factors was: smoking (8.9-40.5%), hypertension (13.1-36.9%) and diabetes mellitus (0.2-24.0%). The median time to reach hospital after an MI was 360 min. In hospital rates of drug use were: antiplatelets 68%-97.9%, beta blockers 47.3%-65.8% and ACEIs 27.8-56.8%.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In this first systematic review of CAD in India, prevalence of risk factors is high, treatments delayed and use of evidence based treatments variable.
authors: Department of Pharmacology, St. John's Medical College, Bangalore, India; Division of Clinical Research and Training, St. John's Research Institute, Bangalore, India.
authors: Mangala
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authors: Rao
authors: Professor and Head, Department of Pharmacology, St. John's Medical College, Bangalore, India; Coordinator, Division of Clinical Research and Training, St. John's Research Institute, St. John's National Academy of Health Sciences, Bangalore, India. Electronic address: denis@sjri.res.in.
authors: Denis
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authors: Xavier
authors: Department of Pharmacology, St. John's Medical College, Bangalore, India; Division of Clinical Research and Training, St. John's Research Institute, Bangalore, India.
authors: Padmini
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authors: Devi
authors: Department of Pharmacology, St. John's Medical College, Bangalore, India; Division of Clinical Research and Training, St. John's Research Institute, Bangalore, India.
authors: Alben
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authors: Sigamani
authors: Department of Pharmacology, St. John's Medical College, Bangalore, India; Division of Clinical Research and Training, St. John's Research Institute, Bangalore, India.
authors: Atiya
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authors: Faruqui
authors: Department of Medicine, Fortis Escorts Hospital, Jaipur, India.
authors: Rajeev
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authors: Gupta
authors: Department of Cardiology, KEM Hospital, Mumbai, India.
authors: Prafulla
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authors: Kerkar
authors: Department of Cardiology, Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences, Secunderabad, India.
authors: Rajendra Kumar
authors: RK
authors: Jain
authors: Department of Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhopal, India.
authors: Rajnish
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authors: Joshi
authors: Department of Medicine, Rajah Muthiah Medical College, Annamalainagar, India.
authors: N
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authors: Chidambaram
authors: Department of Cardiology, Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad, India.
authors: Daya Sagar
authors: DS
authors: Rao
authors: Cardiac Care Centre, Sri Ramachandra University, Chennai, India.
authors: S
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authors: Thanikachalam
authors: Department of Cardiology, Manipal Hospital, Bangalore, India.
authors: S S
authors: SS
authors: Iyengar
authors: Department of Cardiology, St.John's Medical College, Bangalore, India.
authors: Kiron
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authors: Verghese
authors: Dr. Mohan's Diabetes Specialities Centre and Madras Diabetes Research Foundation, Chennai, India.
authors: V
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authors: Mohan
authors: Division of Clinical Research and Training, St. John's Research Institute, Bangalore, India.
authors: Prem
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authors: Pais
mesh_terms: D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy; D019468:Disease Management; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors
keywords: Coronary artery disease; India; Outcomes; Prevalence; Risk factors