Note
Authors affiliated with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
Also issued in French under title: Évaluation des risques de cardiopathie chez les policiers.
Reprint of Journal of Clinical Forensic Medicine (1995) 2, 199- 204.
Summary
"It is necessary to assess the cardiovascular risks of police officers in order to address the issue of police officer safety, as well as the issue of public safety. In the past there has been a tendency to determine these risks acconling to the presence or absence of demonstrable ischaemia. Increased understanding of pathophysiology of coronary vascular disease leads to a different approach to this problem. This modified approach is discussed."