Open AccessClues to Cardiovascular Risk: An Office‐Based Approach
Author(s) -
DeFilippis Andrew P.,
Larned Joshua M.,
Cole Jason H.,
NellDybdahl Christine,
Miller III Joseph I.,
Sperling Laurence S.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
preventive cardiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1751-7141
pISSN - 1520-037X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1520-037x.2007.05544.x
Subject(s) - medicine , asymptomatic , coronary heart disease , population , intensive care medicine , disease , risk assessment , cardiology , environmental health , computer security , computer science
Current tools for predicting coronary heart disease risk in the asymptomatic patient fall into 2 major categories: traditional population‐based models and noninvasive imaging techniques. Population‐based models that estimate cardiovascular risk are powerful clinical tools but do not utilize a large volume of patient‐specific data that are readily available to the clinician and may help to identify at‐risk patients. The use of high‐technology noninvasive imaging has not been consistently validated and clinicians or patients often lack the resources for such testing. This paper reviews several commonly encountered historical, physical, radiologic, laboratory, and electrocardiographic markers of increased cardiovascular risk that may enhance clinicians' ability to identify individual patients at increased risk for coronary heart disease.