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Personalized cardiovascular medicine: concepts and methodological considerations.
Nature reviews. Cardiology - 1 Jun 2013
Völzke Henry, Schmidt Carsten O, Baumeister Sebastian E, Ittermann Till, Fung Glenn, Krafczyk-Korth Janina, Hoffmann Wolfgang, Schwab Matthias, Meyer zu Schwabedissen Henriette E, Dörr Marcus, Felix Stephan B, Lieb Wolfgang, Kroemer Heyo K
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The primary goals of personalized medicine are to optimize diagnostic and treatment strategies by tailoring them to the specific characteristics of an individual patient. In this Review, we summarize basic concepts and methods of personalizing cardiovascular medicine. In-depth characterization of study participants and patients in general practice using standardized methods is a pivotal component of study design...
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