[Primary coronary heart disease prevention in general practice. How does one recognize and define a risk patient?].
The major factors for atherosclerosis and atherosclerotic disease, such as coronary heart disease and cerebral or peripheral vascular disease are well-known. An individual risk profile can be identified by careful history-taking supplemented by the measurement of a few objective parameters. This individual risk profile should be established as early as possible, and appropriate treatment instituted, since it has been shown that overall mortality as well as the morbidity and mortality associated with coronary artery disease can be decreased by more than 25% by such an approach.
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Medizinische Klinik II, Klinikum Grosshadern, LMU München. pschwand@med2.med.uni-muenchen.de
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005194:Family Practice; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012307:Risk Factors; D015996:Survival Rate