title: New and emerging risk factors for coronary heart disease.
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.
authors: Department of Internal Medicine (EA, JT), Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York; Department of Medicine (J-WC, SL), Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia; and St. Francis Hospital-The Heart Center (TJV), Division of Cardiology, Center of Advanced Cardiac Therapeutics, Roslyn, New York; Department of Internal Medicine (GC), Winthrop University Hospital, Mineola, New York; Cardiovascular Consultants of Long Island, PC (KMG), New Hyde Park, New York; and Zena and Michael A. Wiener Cardiovascular Institute (CEK), Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York.
authors: Ehimare
authors: E
authors: Akhabue
authors: Jeffrey
authors: J
authors: Thiboutot
authors: Jeh-Wei
authors: JW
authors: Cheng
authors: Timothy J
authors: TJ
authors: Vittorio
authors: Georgios
authors: G
authors: Christodoulidis
authors: Kathleen M
authors: KM
authors: Grady
authors: Stamatios
authors: S
authors: Lerakis
authors: Constantine E
authors: CE
authors: Kosmas
mesh_terms: D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors