Focus on modification of risk factors and patients' perception of lifestyle

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EDITOR,—M E Cupples and A McKnight conclude that personal health education of patients with ischaemic heart disease had no significant effect on objective cardiovascular risk factors, although some beneficial effects on exercise and diet were seen.1 In a preliminary survey of hospital inpatients recovering from an acute myocardial infarction we have come to broadly similar conclusions. Using a structured questionnaire, we surveyed 23 patients (19 men, four women; mean age 63.5 years (range 37-81) within …
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