A Patient-Led Referral Strategy for Cardiovascular Screening of Family and Household Members at the Time of Cardiac Intensive Care Unit Admission.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Screening relatives of patients with ischemic heart disease can identify over half of the population with poorly controlled cardiovascular (CV) risk factors. Family or household members (FMs) may be highly motivated to undergo CV primary prevention screening at the time of their relative's admission to the Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit (CICU).

Methods

Patients aged ≤ 70 years admitted to a tertiary CICU for an acute coronary event were given a letter to refer FMs for CV screening. Interested FMs underwent CV risk-factor assessment and primary prevention counselling. The objectives were to identify FMs with an intermediate or high modified 10-year Framingham risk score (FRS) and to evaluate whether a family-oriented primary prevention strategy improved CV risk

SUBMITTER: Castiel J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7710948 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature