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Introducing genetic testing for cardiovascular disease in primary care: a qualitative study.
The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners - 1 May 2014
Middlemass Jo B, Yazdani Momina F, Kai Joe, Standen Penelope J, Qureshi Nadeem
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: While primary care systematically offers conventional cardiovascular risk assessment, genetic tests for coronary heart disease (CHD) are increasingly commercially available to patients. It is unclear how individuals may respond to these new sources of risk information. AIM: To explore how patients who have had a recent conventional cardiovascular risk assessment, perceive additional information from...
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