Association of traditional cardiovascular risk factors in adults younger than 55 years with coronary heart disease. Case-control study.
Fernando Guerrero-PinedoLaura Ochoa-ZárateCamilo J SalazarDiana Cristina Carrillo GomezManuel PauloLiliana Janeth Flórez-ElviraJorge Guillermo Velasquez-NoreñaPublished in: SAGE open medicine (2020)
For patients younger than 55 years, with a theoretically lower risk of coronary artery disease due to their age, having one or several traditional risk factors (smoking, arterial hypertension, dyslipidemia, or diabetes mellitus) confers an increased risk of coronary artery disease regardless of age.
Keyphrases
- coronary artery disease
- cardiovascular risk factors
- risk factors
- arterial hypertension
- end stage renal disease
- ejection fraction
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- metabolic syndrome
- cardiovascular events
- cardiovascular disease
- coronary artery bypass grafting
- prognostic factors
- heart failure
- smoking cessation
- adipose tissue
- skeletal muscle
- atrial fibrillation