Open AccessAssessment of subclinical atherosclerosis and cardiovascular risk
Author(s) -
Michael BENITEZ R.,
Vogel Robert A.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
clinical cardiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.263
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1932-8737
pISSN - 0160-9289
DOI - 10.1002/clc.4960241003
Subject(s) - medicine , risk factor , risk stratification , coronary artery disease , subclinical infection , cardiology , context (archaeology) , population , coronary atherosclerosis , risk assessment , disease , intensive care medicine , environmental health , paleontology , computer security , computer science , biology
Conventional cardiac risk factors do not fully explain the incidence of coronary artery disease and coronary events. Risk stratification and therapy based solely on these conventional risk factors may exclude a population who would otherwise benefit from lifestyle and risk factor modification. Recent efforts to improve our ability to recognize individuals and populations at increased risk of coronary events have focused on the noninvasive imaging of atherosclerosis, both in coronary and extracoronary arterial beds, or the identification of “non‐traditional” serum markers. We review the complimentary role of these newer methods of risk stratification in the context of conventional risk factor evaluation.