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Realising the potential of the family history in risk assessment and primary prevention of coronary heart disease in primary care: ADDFAM study protocol.
BMC health services research - 12 Oct 2009
Qureshi Nadeem, Armstrong Sarah, Saukko Paula, Sach Tracey, Middlemass Jo, Evans Phil H, Kai Joe, Farrimond Hannah, Humphries Steve E
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BACKGROUND: Coronary heart disease (CHD) is the leading cause of death in the developed world, and its prevention a core activity in current UK general practice. Currently, family history is not systematically integrated into cardiovascular risk assessment in the UK, Europe or the US. Further, primary health care professionals' lack the confidence to interpret family history information and there is a low level...
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