Journal article
New and Emerging Risk Factors for Coronary Heart Disease
The American journal of the medical sciences, Vol.347(2), pp.151-158
02/2014
DOI: 10.1097/MAJ.0b013e31828aab45
PMID: 23644407
Abstract
Coronary heart disease (CHD) is one of the leading causes of death in the United States. Traditional risk factors such as family history, hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, diabetes mellitus and smoking cannot account for the entire risk for incident coronary events. Several other potential risk factors have been identified in an effort to improve risk assessment for CHD. This article reviews the current evidence on new and emerging risk factors for CHD and their current utility in screening, specifically focusing on coronary artery calcium score, C-reactive protein, lipoprotein (a), carotid intima-media thickness, homocysteine, lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A2, as well as high-density lipoprotein functionality.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- New and Emerging Risk Factors for Coronary Heart Disease
- Creators
- Ehimare AkhabueJeffrey ThiboutotJeh-wei ChengStamatios LerakisTimothy J Vittorio - St. Francis Hospital-The Heart Center, Division of Cardiology, Center of Advanced Cardiac Therapeutics, Roslyn, New YorkGeorgios Christodoulidis - Department of Internal Medicine, Winthrop University Hospital, Mineola, New YorkKathleen M Grady - Cardiovascular Consultants of Long Island, PC, New Hyde Park, New YorkConstantine E Kosmas - Zena and Michael A. Wiener Cardiovascular Institute, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- The American journal of the medical sciences, Vol.347(2), pp.151-158
- Publisher
- Elsevier Inc
- DOI
- 10.1097/MAJ.0b013e31828aab45
- PMID
- 23644407
- ISSN
- 0002-9629
- eISSN
- 1538-2990
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 02/2014
- Academic Unit
- Cardiovascular Medicine; Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984094400902771
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