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Coronary Artery Disease. ... Premature ventricular contraction (PVC). ... Family history. Having a family history of early heart disease. Sex. People born male are at increased risk.
Coronary artery disease is the leading cause of death for both males and females and accounts for approximately 600,000 deaths in the United States every year. [137] According to present trends in the United States, half of healthy 40-year-old males will develop CAD in the future, and one in three healthy 40-year-old females. [ 138 ]
Known coronary artery disease (CAD) (stenosis ≥ 50%) ≥ 3 risk factors for CAD* ASA use in the last 7 days; Severe angina (≥ 2 episodes w/in 24 hrs) ST changes ≥ 0.5mm; Elevated serum cardiac biomarkers *Risk factors include: family history of CAD, hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, diabetes, or being a current smoker. Score interpretation:
Major risk factors for angina include cigarette smoking, diabetes, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, sedentary lifestyle, and family history of premature heart disease. A variant form of angina— Prinzmetal's angina —occurs in patients with normal coronary arteries or insignificant atherosclerosis.
Major risk factors for sudden death in individuals with HCM include prior history of cardiac arrest or ventricular fibrillation, spontaneous sustained ventricular tachycardia, abnormal exercise blood pressure and non-sustained ventricular tachycardia, [20] [21] unexplained syncope, family history of premature sudden death, and LVW thickness ...
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is any disease involving the heart or blood vessels. [3] CVDs constitute a class of diseases that includes: coronary artery diseases (e.g. angina, heart attack), heart failure, hypertensive heart disease, rheumatic heart disease, cardiomyopathy, arrhythmia, congenital heart disease, valvular heart disease, carditis, aortic aneurysms, peripheral artery disease ...
Coronary artery disease, ... smoking, obesity, family history, unhealthy diet (notably trans fat), chronic Vitamin C ... is a premature aging condition in ...
For example, heart attack and thoracic aortic dissection are very rare in healthy individuals under 30 years of age, but significantly more common in individuals with significant risk factors, such as older age, smoking, hypertension, diabetes, history of coronary artery disease or stroke, positive family history (premature atherosclerosis ...