Families of patients with premature coronary heart disease: an obvious but neglected target for primary prevention
C K Chow, A C H Pell, A Walker, C O'Dowd, A F Dominiczak, J P Pell, C K Chow, A C H Pell, A Walker, C O'Dowd, A F Dominiczak, J P Pell
Abstract
Risk of premature coronary heart disease is increased in the families of affected patients. C K Chow and colleagues argue that targeting relatives for primary prevention would be an effective policy
Conflict of interest statement
Competing interests: None declared.
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Potential impact of using hospital admissions for premature myocardial infarction to identify and screen high risk relatives based on data from 2004 in England and Wales
Source: PubMed