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A method for preventive cardiology in children
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Progress in Pediatric Cardiology
|February 27, 2001
Abstract:
There are clear indications for prevention of atherosclerotic disease to begin in childhood. Optimal primary prevention will utilize a public health strategy. For children with elevated risk for atherosclerotic disease a clinically based prevention program is helpful. The indications for and an approach to the pediatric preventive cardiology clinic are reviewed.