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Department of Cardiology, Adelaide Meath Hospital, Tallaght, Dublin 24, Ireland. therese.cooney@yahoo.comIssue Date
2011-09MeSH
Cardiovascular DiseasesHumans
Obesity
Risk Assessment
Risk Factors
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Total cardiovascular disease risk assessment: a review. 2011, 26 (5):429-37 Curr. Opin. Cardiol.Publisher
Current opinion in cardiologyJournal
Current opinion in cardiologyDOI
10.1097/HCO.0b013e3283499f06PubMed ID
21822139Abstract
The high risk strategy for the prevention of cardiovascular disease (CVD) requires an assessment of an individual's total CVD risk so that the most intensive risk factor management can be directed towards those at highest risk. Here we review developments in the assessment and estimation of total CVD risk.Item Type
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1531-7080ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1097/HCO.0b013e3283499f06
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