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Atherosclerosis: Difference between revisions
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Recent studies have shown that atherosclerosis is not just the inevitable process of aging, but also a process with many modifiable components. A worldwide INTERHEART study has established the importance of nine potentially modifiable risk factors for atherosclerosis, which account for over 90% of the population-attributable risk of a first MI (figure 12). A variety of non-modifiable risk factors such as advanced age, gender and hereditary coronary heart disease are important to recognize in patients with atherosclerosis. Recently | Recent studies have shown that atherosclerosis is not just the inevitable process of aging, but also a process with many modifiable components. A worldwide INTERHEART study has established the importance of nine potentially modifiable risk factors for atherosclerosis, which account for over 90% of the population-attributable risk of a first MI (figure 12). A variety of non-modifiable risk factors such as advanced age, gender and hereditary coronary heart disease are important to recognize in patients with atherosclerosis. Recently the role of several biological markers associated with the development of cardiovascular events is accentuated since one out of five cardiovascular events occurs in patients lacking the earlier mentioned risk factors. <br /> | ||
=== Common risk factors === | === Common risk factors === | ||
==== ''Dyslipidemia'' ==== | ==== ''Dyslipidemia'' ==== | ||