Cardiovascular disease risk profiles among 'healthy' siblings of patients with early-onset cardiovascular disease: Application of the new SCORE system

European Journal of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 521-525

  Horan, Paul G ^a   Kamaruddin, Muhammad S ^a   Moore, Michael J ^a   McCarty, David ^a   Spence, Mark S ^a   McGlinchey, Paul G ^a   Murphy, Gillian ^a   Jardine, Tracy C L ^a   Patterson, Chris C ^b   McKeown, Pascal P ^a,b  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Family history; Risk estimates; Siblings

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; CHOLESTEROL; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; FIBRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EUROPE; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERTENSION; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; ONSET AGE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING TEST; SIBLING; SMOKING; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYSTEMATIC CORONARY RISK EVALUATION SYSTEM; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SIBLINGS;

EID: 34547760229     PISSN: 17418267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HJR.0b013e328011c493     Document Type: Article

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