Latest Developments in Identifying Cardiac Risk

Heart disease continues to be the leading cause of death for Americans, according to the Centers for Disease Control.1 Fair, inexpensive, and accurate assessment of health risk presents a challenge to all insurance companies. Research in clinical medicine is impacting insurance medicine in new and exciting ways and is transforming how companies assess the cardiac risk of a proposed insured. New laboratory testing evaluating insurance risk profiles will assist in more accurately classifying cardiac risk. It is important, therefore, to review the new and existing laboratory markers that are available in your clients’ cardiac mortality risk.

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