30.04.2001: Eva, 68 years, comes for a consultation with a general practitioner because she would like to have «a full check-up». She is mildly overweight, does not smoke and feels basically healthy. She goes out on a daily walk with her dog. When asked by the doctor, she explains that her father died suddenly at the age of 55; «it was something with his heart». A maternal uncle of hers «has angina», but there is otherwise no clustering of cardiovascular disease in her family. The doctor deems it natural to initially concentrate on the risk of cardiovascular disease and finds her blood pressure to be 140...