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Patients with premature cardiovascular disease and a positive family history for cardiovascular disease are prone to recurrent events.
International journal of cardiology - 17 Nov 2011
Mulders Ties A, Meyer Zainna, van der Donk Christel, Kroon Abraham A, Ferreira Isabel, Stehouwer Coen D A, Pinto-Sietsma Sara-Joan
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Premature cardiovascular disease (CVD) is treated in the same way as CVD of advanced age. However, in patients with premature CVD and a family history of CVD, different -possibly genetic- mechanisms may underlie this disease, which current medical treatment is not targeted to. This suggests that subjects with a genetic predisposition to CVD are more likely to have recurrent cardiovascular events....
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