简介:SincePresidentObamaannouncedthePrecisionMedicineInitiativeintheUnitedStates,moreandmoreattentionhasbeenpaidtoprecisionmedicine.However,clinicianshavealreadyusedittotreatconditionssuchascancer.Manycardiovasculardiseaseshaveafamilialpresentation,andgeneticvariantsareassociatedwiththeprevention,diagnosis,andtreatmentofcardiovasculardiseases,whicharethebasisforprovidingprecisecaretopatientswithcardiovasculardiseases.Large-scalecohortsandmultiomicsarecriticalcomponentsofprecisionmedicine.Herewesummarizetheapplicationofprecisionmedicinetocardiovasculardiseasesbasedoncohortandomicstudies,andhopetoelicitdiscussionaboutfuturehealthcare.
简介:Somehavesuggestedtheterm“Precision”medicinereplace“Personalized”medicine.Idon’tlikeeithertermandI’lltellyouwhy.WhatisPrecision?ThewordPrecisioncanbedefinedsimplyasreproducibilityanddoesnotnecessarilymeanthatthediagnosisisaccurate.Thus,ifthemedicaldecisionisprecisebutnotnecessarilyaccurateitisnotveryuseful.Accuracyisdefinedasbeingneartothetrueordesiredvalue.e.g.consideratargetonariflerange;iftheshotshaveatightgroupinganywhereonthetarget,theyareprecisebuttheyareonlypreciseandaccurateifthattightgroupingisintheBull’seye.