Are patients with premature cardiovascular disease and a positive family history for cardiovascular disease prone to recurrent events?
Patients with a genetic predisposition for CVD are at risk for recurrent events, after adjusting for risk factors and other confounders. This might imply that in subjects with a genetic predisposition for CVD different pathophysiological mechanisms are active, leading to recurrent events.
Continued efforts to further reduce ED LOS are crucial, because this has the potential to influence outcomes, efficiency of EDs and succession to inpatient status, which may affect costs to the health care system. Patient-specific factors need to be considered when formulating and refining policies and processes to improve patient flow.