Doctors recommend statins for people without known
coronary disease whose LDL, or «bad» cholesterol is 190 mg / dL or higher, the heart association says.
Not exact matches
When all the data were analysed, those
whose mothers had experienced a complication of pregnancy were almost three times as likely to develop early
coronary artery heart
disease as those
whose mothers had had a problem - free pregnancy.
Tumor necrosis factor inhibitor drugs (commonly called Anti-TNFs) modestly reduce the risk of acute
coronary syndrome, such as heart attacks and angina, in rheumatoid arthritis patients
whose inflammation places them at higher risk of developing
coronary heart
disease, according to new research findings presented this week at the American College of Rheumatology Annual Meeting in San Diego.
Dr. Budoff and Rine Nakanishi, MD, PhD, presented these findings at ACC.14, the annual scientific session of the American College of Cardiology in March, along with other researchers
whose studies also found
coronary artery calcium screening accurately predicted the risk of future heart
disease.
Dr Panos Deloukas,
whose research interest lies in
coronary artery
disease and myocardial infarction and leads the Genetics of Complex Traits in Humans Group, is ranked at joint fifth after contributing to 10 of the influential papers.
The need for safe and secure environments begins prenatally — for instance, children
whose mothers smoke tobacco or live in very stressful environments during pregnancy are more likely to be born with low birth weight, a significant risk for chronic
diseases such as
coronary heart
disease, hypertension and diabetes.