RT Book, Section
A1 Kohli, Priya
A1 Foody, JoAnne
A2 Gulati, Martha
SR Print(0)
ID 1128087624
T1 ASSESSMENT OF RISK OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE IN WOMEN
T2 Color Atlas and Synopsis of Women's Cardiovascular Health
YR 2016
FD 2016
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071786201
LK accesscardiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1128087624
RD 2024/04/20
AB Age,  gender,  hypertension,  tobacco  use,  hypercholesterolemia,  and  diabetes  have  long  been  recognized  as  risk  factors  for  cardiovascular  disease  (CVD)  in  women.1,2  These  factors  often  act  together  to  increase  this  risk.  Multiple  algorithms  utilizing  these  and  other  risk  factors  have  been  developed  for  assessment  of  CVD  risk  in  women.1,2,3,4,5,6,7  Traditionally,  these  algorithms  have  focused  on  short  term,  or  risk  of  CVD  in  a  10-year  time  frame.  These  risk  scores  are  used  to  identify  women  who  may  benefit  from  early  aggressive  interventions,  including  diet  and  lifestyle  modifications  and  lipid-lowering  and  antihypertensive  medications.  More  recently,  focus  has  shifted  to  assessment  of  lifetime  risk  of  CVD  as  well  as  use  of  measures  of  subclinical  atherosclerosis  in  risk  assessment  in  women.  This  chapter  will  discuss  risk  assessment  for  CVD  in  women,  including  global  risk  assessment  algorithms,  use  of  nontraditional  risk  factors,  and  markers  of  subclinical  atherosclerosis  and  risk  factors  for  CVD  that  are  unique  to  women.