Ideal cardiovascular health: start young, finish strong

Editorial

Earl S Ford. Circulation. 2012.

. 2012 Apr 24;125(16):1955-7.

doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.112.102327. Epub 2012 Mar 27.

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Comment on

Ideal cardiovascular health in childhood and cardiometabolic outcomes in adulthood: the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Laitinen TT, Pahkala K, Magnussen CG, Viikari JS, Oikonen M, Taittonen L, Mikkilä V, Jokinen E, Hutri-Kähönen N, Laitinen T, Kähönen M, Lehtimäki T, Raitakari OT, Juonala M. Laitinen TT, et al. Circulation. 2012 Apr 24;125(16):1971-8. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.111.073585. Epub 2012 Mar 27. Circulation. 2012. PMID: 22452832

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