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Shared decision-making following disclosure of coronary heart disease genetic risk: results from a randomized clinical trial.
Journal of investigative medicine : the official publication of the American Federation for Clinical Research - 1 Mar 2017
Jouni Hayan, Haddad Raad A, Marroush Tariq S, Brown Sherry-Ann, Kruisselbrink Teresa M, Austin Erin E, Shameer Khader, Behnken Emma M, Chaudhry Rajeev, Montori Victor M, Kullo Iftikhar J
Abstract excerpt
Whether disclosure of genetic risk for coronary heart disease (CHD) influences shared decision-making (SDM) regarding use of statins to reduce CHD risk is unknown. We randomized 207 patients, age 45-65 years, at intermediate CHD risk, and not on statins, to receive the 10-year risk of CHD based on conventional risk factors alone (n=103) or in combination with a genetic risk score (n=104). A genetic counselor...
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