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European Heart Journal 2003 24(22):2070; doi:10.1016/j.ehj.2003.07.009
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Letter to the Editor

Response to Conroy et al. SCORE Project

Gerd Assmanna, Paul Cullena, Hans-Werner Henseb and Helmut Schultea,*

a Atherosclerosis Research Institute at the University Muenster, Muenster, Germany
b Institute of Epidemiology and Social Medicine, University Hospital Muenster, Muenster, Germany

* Correspondence to: Prof. Dr. G. Assmann, Institut fur Arterioskleroseforschung, Universitat Muenster, D48149 Muenster, Germany. Tel: +49 251 83-77222; Fax: +49 251 83-47225
E-mail address: schulhe@uni-muenster.de

Received 17 July 2003; accepted 24 July 2003

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Dear Sir

In recent years, the practise of coronary heart disease prevention has seen a shift from a focus on single risk factors to an emphasis on the total burden of risk (global risk approach). We note the publication the Systematic Coronary Risk Evaluation (SCORE) project by Conroy et al. as an interesting contribution to this approach in Europe.1However, certain features of this paper are worthy ofcomment.

First, the SCORE project calculated the total cardiovascular risk . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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