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<p>Cardiovascular diseases remain the main cause of death in western societies. This contributes to the appearance of new diagnostic and treatment methods addressed to reduce the burden of cardiovascular diseases. In the last decades new imaging methods have emerged; furthermore, routine biomarkers were found to be useful in cardiovascular risk stratification. Data reviewed in this article emphasize the multifactorial etiology of cardiovascular disease. The authors describe the role of inflammation in the precipitation and progression of atherosclerosis and atrial fibrillation. Affordable and well-known inflammatory markers can be used alone or in combination with new imaging methods for a better cardiovascular risk stratification. Coronary computed tomographic angiography findings and inflammatory markers are capable to identify patients with high risk of major adverse cardiovascular events or atrial fibrillation. Furthermore, they also have an important role in the choice of treatment strategy and follow-up.</p>
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Cardiovascular diseases remain the main cause of death in western societies. This contributes to the appearance of new diagnostic and treatment methods addressed to reduce the burden of cardiovascular diseases. In the last decades new imaging methods have emerged; furthermore, routine biomarkers were found to be useful in cardiovascular risk stratification. Data reviewed in this article emphasize the multifactorial etiology of cardiovascular disease. The authors describe the role of inflammation in the precipitation and progression of atherosclerosis and atrial fibrillation. Affordable and well-known inflammatory markers can be used alone or in combination with new imaging methods for a better cardiovascular risk stratification. Coronary computed tomographic angiography findings and inflammatory markers are capable to identify patients with high risk of major adverse cardiovascular events or atrial fibrillation. Furthermore, they also have an important role in the choice of treatment strategy and follow-up.

Cardiovascular Risk Factors from Another Point of View

Journal of Interdisciplinary Medicine

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Cardiovascular diseases remain the main cause of death in western societies. This contributes to the appearance of new diagnostic and treatment methods...

Cardiovascular Risk Factors from Another Point of View

Online veröffentlicht: 17. März 2021

Seitenbereich: 27 - 31

Eingereicht: 11. Dez. 2020

Akzeptiert: 14. Jan. 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jim-2021-0003

Schlüsselwörter
cardiovascular diseases, biomarker, risk factor

© 2021 Péter Balázs Oltean et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Cardiovascular Risk Factors from Another Point of View

Online veröffentlicht: 17. März 2021

Seitenbereich: 27 - 31

Eingereicht: 11. Dez. 2020

Akzeptiert: 14. Jan. 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jim-2021-0003

Schlüsselwörtercardiovascular diseases, biomarker, risk factor

© 2021 Péter Balázs Oltean et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Schlüsselwörter
cardiovascular diseases, biomarker, risk factor