Familial cardiovascular risk factors: diagnosis and management in the young
Miller, W.W.
Primary Care 12(1): 3-14
1985
ISSN/ISBN: 0095-4543 PMID: 3846307 Document Number: 251558
Risk factors for the development and progression of coronary atherosclerosis, hypertension, and cerebrovascular diseases are found in more than 10 per cent of children and adolescents in the United States. This article presents the criteria for the diagnosis of three of these risk conditions--dyslipidemia, hypertension, and obesity--and it reviews principles and specifics of their management in young people.
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