Why the study?
Do modifiable cardiovascular risk factors, particularly hypertension, increase the risk of major cardiac events in adult survivors of childhood cancer?
Population
Adult survivors of childhood cancer
Design
Other
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May support hypertension screening in survivors; hypothesis-generating for interventional trials to reduce events.
Do modifiable cardiovascular risk factors, particularly hypertension, increase the risk of major cardiac events in adult survivors of childhood cancer?
Hypertension and other modifiable risk factors increase the risk of major cardiac events in adult survivors of childhood cancer, highlighting a target for future interventions.
Armstrong et al. (2013) studied this question.
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