Thursday, April 12, 2012

in elderly people without pre-existing cardiovascular disease and ...




A new study in the April 11 issue of JAMA shows that both minor and major electro-cardiographic abnormalities are linked to a higher risk of incidents involving coronary heart disease (CHD) in elderly people without pre-existing cardiovascular disease and that these abnormalities were better in predicting CHD events like heart attacks outside common cardiovascular risk factors. Background information in the articles states: "In populations of older adults, prediction of CHD through traditional risk factors is less accurate than among middle-aged adults...

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