Biomarkers' ability to improve prediction of cardiovascular risk is modest
Tuesday, June 30, 2009 - 16:14
in Health & Medicine
Measurement of known biomarkers of cardiovascular disease slightly improves the ability to predict future heart attack or stroke in healthy individuals, but not enough to change preventive therapies. The study led by investigators at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Lund University in Sweden appears in the July 1 Journal of the American Medical Association.
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