Coronary artery disease in the year 2012.
The race of medical discoveries in medicine and especially in cardiology will continue to accelerate, bringing forth much basic and clinical information. In the field of atherosclerosis, this knowledge will enable us to better identify individuals at special risk of developing CAD; to initiate dietary, medical or invasive procedures to prevent the development or progression of the disease; to diagnose the disease earlier in asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic patients; to develop procedures for the effective early treatment of both asymptomatic mild coronary atherosclerosis and acute myocardial ischemic syndromes, and to more effectively treat patients with identified CAD. The net result should be a significant decrease in the morbidity and mortality from coronary artery disease in those populations to whom such information is made available, who make the appropriate changes in life style and who have access to the new diagnostic and therapeutic developments. The future is very bright, and, by the year 2012, tremendous strides will be made in our understanding of the causes, prevention and treatment of coronary artery disease.
D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans