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European Heart Journal 2004 25(11):996; doi:10.1016/j.ehj.2004.02.031
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Letter to the Editor

Screening for cardiovascular disease

Anthony S Wierzbicki*

Department of Chemical Pathology, St. Thomas' Hospital, Lambeth Palace Road, London SE1 7EH, UK

Patrick J Twomey

The Ipswich Hospital, Ipswich, Suffolk IP4 5PD, UK

Timothy M Reynolds

Queen's Hospital, Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire DE13 0RB, UK

* Corresponding author. Tel.: +44-2079289292x2027; Fax: +44-2079284226
E-mail address: anthony.wierzbicki@kcl.ac.uk

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Sir,

The paper by Empana et al.1 reviewing the utility of the Framingham and PROCAM cardiovascular risk calculation algorithms in a validation study against the PRIME cohort raises many issues. Firstly definitions are of critical importance for defining categorical variables.2 The definitions of diabetes and family history have either changed . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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