NHS failing to screen for deadly heart condition

Source: National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence

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Date of publication: January 2011

Publication type: Press release

In a nutshell: 100.000 people are at risk of developing familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH) as trusts fail to act on NICE guidelines which call for early diagnosis. A UK-wide audit found that very few families were systematically genetically screened for the inherited condition.

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Parental history and myocardial infarction

Source: Reuters 27.1.11

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Date of publication: 27 January 2011

Publication type: News item

In a nutshell: Reports on the findings of the INTERHEART study, published recently in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 12 000 participants from 52 countries were studied, and across all nationalities, the risk of heart disease was almost doubled in those with a family history of heart attack.

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Acknowledgement:  Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC), 2011, 57, pp 619-627