1. Should We Be Screening for Ischaemic Heart Disease Earlier in Childhood?
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Bassareo, Pier Paolo, O'Brien, Stephen T., Dunne, Esme, Duignan, Sophie, Martino, Eliana, Martino, Francesco, and Mcmahon, Colin J.
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ATHEROSCLEROSIS risk factors ,TREATMENT of cardiomyopathies ,ATHEROSCLEROSIS prevention ,DISEASE progression ,ISCHEMIA ,FUNCTIONAL foods ,MYOCARDIAL ischemia ,CARDIOMYOPATHIES ,MEDICAL screening ,CORONARY disease ,HYPERCHOLESTEREMIA ,MUCOCUTANEOUS lymph node syndrome ,EARLY diagnosis ,HEART failure ,DISEASE complications ,CHILDREN ,ADULTS - Abstract
Ischaemic heart disease is the most common cause of death in males and the second in the female gender. Yet we often only focus on identification and treatment of this foremost cause of death in adulthood. The review asks the question what form of coronary disease do we encounter in childhood, what predisposing factors give rise to atherosclerosis and what strategies in childhood could we employ to detect and reduce atherosclerosis development in later life. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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