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European Heart Journal 2003 24(3):212-213; doi:10.1016/S0195-668X(02)00629-2
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Editorial

Screening individuals and families with premature coronary heart disease: a clinical and public health challenge

C.H Hennekens

Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Miami School of Medicine, 2800 South Ocean Blvd PHA,71 3432 Boca Raton, FL, USA

Received August 26, 2002; accepted August 28, 2002

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See doi:10.1016/S1095-668X(02)00386-Xfor thearticle to which this editorial refers.

In this issue De Sutter and colleagues1 make several important and timely contributions

First, they summarize the data from numerous retrospective and prospective epidemiologicstudies of family history and premature onset of coronary heart disease. The data seem to consistently show that individuals with a positive family history of premature onset of coronary heart disease have an increased risk, which is independent of other coronary risk factors. The magnitude ofthe . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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