title: Management of Coronary Artery Disease in South Asian Populations: Why and How to Prevent and Treat Differently.
abstract: The South Asian (SA) population constitutes one of the largest ethnic groups in the world. Several studies that compared host and migrant populations around the world indicate that SAs have a higher risk of developing cardiovascular disease (CVD) than their native-born counterparts. Herein, we review the literature to address the role of the screening tools, scoring systems, and guidelines for primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention in these populations. Management based on screening for the CVD risk factors in a high-risk population such as SAs can improve health care outcomes. There are many scoring tools for calculating 10-year CVD risk; however, each scoring system has its limitations in this particular ethnicity. Further work is needed to establish a unique scoring and guidelines in SAs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Adult Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery, Heart Hospital, Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC), Doha, Qatar Department of Cardiology, National Heart Institute, Cairo, Egypt.
authors.forename: Emad
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ahmed
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical School, Qatar Clinical Research, Trauma Section, Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC), Qatar Internal Medicine, Cardiology Section, Ahmed Maher Teaching Hospital, Egypt aymanco65@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Ayman
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: El-Menyar
mesh_terms: D001208:Asia / Q000453:epidemiology; D044466:Asian People; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000208:ethnology / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000628:therapy*; D003661:Decision Support Techniques; D054624:Health Status Disparities; D054625:Healthcare Disparities / Q000208:ethnology*; D006801:Humans; D011314:Preventive Health Services / Q000379:methods*; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: South Asian; coronary artery disease; ethnicity; prevention