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Evaluating the role of Cardiac Genetics Nurses in inherited cardiac conditions services using a Maturity Matrix
6 Sept 2013
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BACKGROUND: Cardiovascular disease is a leading cause of death worldwide and genetic risk factors play a role in nearly all such cases. In the UK, health service capacity to meet either current or future estimated needs of people affected by inherited cardiac conditions (ICCs) is inadequate. In 2008 the British Heart Foundation funded nine three-year Cardiac Genetics Nurse (CGN) posts across England and Wales to...
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