Cardiovascular risk assessment

Cardiovascular risk factors and cardiovascular risk assessment in professional divers.

BACKGROUND The professional diver's activity implies body cardiovascular stress. Little data on cardiovascular risk factors is available. Some studies report a high prevalence of tobacco consumption. The purpose of this study is to investigate the cardiovascular risk factors of professional divers and calculate the predicted 5-year risk and the predicted 10-year risk of an acute coronary event....

Apolipoproteins for cardiovascular risk assessment.

Cardiovascular risk assessment in women - an update.

Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in postmenopausal women. Although it is a disease of aging, vascular disease initiates much earlier in life. Thus, there is a need to be aware of the potential to prevent the development of the disease from an early age and continue this surveillance throughout life. The menopausal period and early menopause present an ideal...

Heart Forecast for cardiovascular risk assessment.

http://heart.bmj.com/content/97/3/173.full.html Updated information and services can be found at: These include: References http://heart.bmj.com/content/97/3/173.full.html#ref-list-1 This article cites 12 articles, 6 of which can be accessed free at: service Email alerting box at the top right corner of the online article. Receive free email alerts when new articles cite this article. Sign up i...

Fibrinogen assays for cardiovascular risk assessment.

In this issue of Clinical Chemistry, Lovely and colleagues (1 ) report an evaluation of a new plasma fibrinogen assay for the study of its associations with cardiovascular disease. So, what is the current status of plasma fibrinogen in cardiovascular risk assessment, and how might this new assay advance our knowledge and practice? Fibrinogen, the precursor of fibrin, was the first blood coagula...