Can adults at high-risk of cardiovascular disease be identified by screening their children for risk factors?
Janet Voûte* and Valentin Fuster
Correspondence *World Heart Federation, 5 Avenue du Mail, 1205 Geneva, Switzerland
Email janet.voute@worldheart.org
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The use of family-based strategies by pediatricians to detect cardiovascular risk and prevent early onset of atherosclerotic CVD needs to be pursued and evaluated in greater depth. The study by Reis et al. identifies this clinical opportunity, but also raises the concept of using children as a conduit to reach their parents.
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