A Systematic Approach Incorporating Family History Improves Identification of Cardiovascular Disease Risk.

CONCLUSIONS:: The Integrative Cardiac Health Project systematic approach incorporating FH into risk stratification enhances CVD risk assessment by identifying previously unrecognized high-risk patients, reduces variability in practice, and appropriately targets more stringent therapeutic goals for prevention. PMID: 24850377 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: The Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing - May 20, 2014 Category: Nursing Authors: Kashani M, Eliasson A, Vernalis M, Bailey K, Terhaar M Tags: J Cardiovasc Nurs Source Type: research