Cardiovascular Disease Prevention: Important to Look at Social Deprivation

Hugh Tunstall-Pedoe

REFERENCE: Abstract 1075, European Society of Cardiology Congress, 2007, 1-5 September, Vienna, Austria
HUGH TUNSTALL-PEDOE, University of Dundee
New data presented at the ESC congress suggests that social deprivation should be considered when considering a cardiac risk score – not just smoking, blood pressure, HDL and cholesterol. Derek Thorne got the details and implications from Hugh Tunstall-Pedoe of Dundee University.