Selecting high-risk patients for heart screening

Monday, April 26, 2010 - 12:21 in Health & Medicine

Using routine data from electronic patient records to select individuals at high risk of developing heart disease, rather than screening all adults aged between 40 and 74 years of age, is just as effective at saving lives but will be cheaper to run, according to research published on bmj.com today...

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