RISK FACTORS FOR ATHEROSCLEROSIS

Abstract

A number of hypothetical risk factors for atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease have emerged in recent years. Numerous research have been undertaken worldwide looking at the involvement of the risk factors such as infection, inflammation in coronary arteries due to the association of the factors associated with cardiovascular disease. It has been demonstrated that prior interventions can regulate the risk factors to lower the incidence and progression of coronary artery disease. The involvement of traditional risk factors such as smoking, hypertension, obesity in the development of cardiovascular diseases, has been thoroughly established. Recently, it is also discovered that a number of novel risk factors have an impact on the onset of CAD. Finding novel risk factors for atherosclerosis and CAD has kept a lot of attention in recent years. Homocysteine is one of the most recent risk factors whose importance has been proven, however there are still research being conducted to support the significance of other novel risk factors in patients suffering from coronary artery syndrome.

Keywords

• Atherosclerosis, homocysteine, CAD, lipoprotein, ACE gene polymorphism