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Incidence of coronary artery disease in siblings of patients with premature coronary artery disease: 10 years of follow-up.
The American journal of cardiology - 1 Nov 2007
Vaidya Dhananjay, Yanek Lisa R, Moy Taryn F, Pearson Thomas A, Becker Lewis C, Becker Diane M
Abstract excerpt
Although family history of premature coronary artery disease (CAD) confers increased risk of CAD, the magnitude of this increase beyond that expected from the risk factors incorporated in the Framingham Risk Equation (FRE) remains unknown. We prospectively determined the accuracy of the FRE 10-year incident CAD events prediction in initially healthy siblings of patients with documented premature CAD. We recruited...
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