Screening families of patients with premature coronary heart disease to identify avoidable cardiovascular risk: a cross-sectional study of family members and a general population comparison group

BACKGROUND: Primary prevention should be targeted at individuals with high global cardiovascular risk, but research is lacking on how best to identify such individuals in the general population. Family history is a good proxy measure of global risk and may provide an efficient mechanism for identify...

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Autores principales: Thompson, Helen J, Pell, Alastair CH, Anderson, Judith, Chow, Clara K, Pell, Jill P
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
Materias:
Short Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2876176/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20459771
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-3-132

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2876176/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20459771
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-3-132

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