The continuum of personalized cardiovascular medicine: A position paper of the European Society of Cardiology

European Heart Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 46, 2014, Pages 3250-3257

  Kirchhof, Paulus ^a,b   Sipido, Karin R ^c   Cowie, Martin R ^d   Eschenhagen, Thomas ^e   Fox, Keith A A ^f   Katus, Hugo ^g   Schroeder, Stefan ^h   Schunkert, Heribert ⁱ   Priori, Silvia ^j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^h BAYER PHARMA AG   (Germany)

ⁱ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^j UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GENOMICS; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; LONG QT SYNDROME; NOTE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; PHARMACOGENOMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT RESPONSE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; GENETICS; MASS COMMUNICATION; METABOLISM; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

BIOMARKERS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GENOMICS; HUMANS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PRECISION MEDICINE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84926175350     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehu312     Document Type: Note

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