Risk Assessment for Cardiovascular Disease

Assessment of cardiovascular disease risk factors in an Iranian young population

Introduction: The study was carried out to assess the incidence of cardiovascular risk factors in an Iranian young population. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on 137 students (42 male and 95 female, mean age: 21.99±1.54) of Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences in Bandar Abbas, Iran from January 2008 to December 2009. A questionnaire was used to collect the data. The...

Risk factors for cardiovascular disease in women: assessment and management.

Coronary heart disease (CHD) is the most important cause of death and disability among older women. A 50-year-old woman has a 46% risk of having CHD and a 31% risk of dying from it. Female CHD patients have a distinct clinical presentation, which includes more severe thromboembolic disease without coronary arteriosclerosis. Syndrome X also appears to be more prevalent in women. Oestrogen defici...

Global risk assessment for cardiovascular disease and astute clinical judgement.

In their thoughtful and provocative article ‘Are the Framingham and PROCAM coronary heart disease risk functions applicable to different European populations? The PRIME Study’, Drs Empana and colleagues astutely conclude that the answer is neither simple nor straightforward. On the one hand, they conclude that the Framingham (from the United States) and PROCAM (from Germany) risk functions over...

Apolipoproteins for cardiovascular risk assessment.

The effects of cinnamon on risk factors of cardiovascular disease

Introduction: Herbal medicine is being considered today due to the side effects and high prices of chemical medicines. Cinnamon appears to be effective in the prevention and treatment of a variety of diseases, both as a food spice and in traditional medicine. We attempted to collect the effects of cinnamon on the occurrence of cardiovascular disorders and their related parameters in this review...