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European Heart Journal 2003 24(22):2073; doi:10.1016/j.ehj.2003.06.010
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Letter to the Editor

Family history of coronary artery disease — need to focus on proper definition!

Malvinder S Parmar*

Medical Program (Internal Medicine), Timmins and District Hospital, Timmins, Ontario, Canada

* Correspondence to: +1 705-268-8066; fax: +1 705-268-8066
E-mail address: atbeat@ntl.sympatico.ca

Received 28 December 2002; accepted 20 June 2003

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In a large, prospective study, Andresdottir et al.1reported that 15% of coronary events were attributable to family history of coronary artery disease, when they used history of myocardial infarction at any age (not premature coronary artery disease) in first-degree relatives. . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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