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Review
. 2007 Sep 8;335(7618):481-5.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.39253.577859.BE.

Families of patients with premature coronary heart disease: an obvious but neglected target for primary prevention

C K Chow  1 , A C H Pell, A Walker, C O'Dowd, A F Dominiczak, J P Pell
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Review

Families of patients with premature coronary heart disease: an obvious but neglected target for primary prevention

C K Chow et al. BMJ. .

Abstract

Risk of premature coronary heart disease is increased in the families of affected patients. C K Chow and colleagues argue that targeting relatives for primary prevention would be an effective policy

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Competing interests: None declared.

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Potential impact of using hospital admissions for premature myocardial infarction to identify and screen high risk relatives based on data from 2004 in England and Wales
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