In the review, modern views on the significant role of hypercholesterolemia (HCH), especially familial HCH, hypertriglyceridemia and hyperglycemia in the onset and development of coronary heart disease (CHD) and its complications (myocardial infarction) in young people 25-45 years are systematized. According to prospective studies of CHD, about 8-10 % of young men are ill. For the purpose of effective prevention of the disease, it is necessary to conduct screening examinations of the young population, which necessarily include the determination of blood levels of total cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol and glucose.
