Heart & Lung: The Journal of Acute and Critical Care
Volume 40, Issue 3 , Pages 201-207 , May 2011

Relationship between individual cardiovascular risk factors and localization of coronary atherosclerotic lesions

  • Myrto Trianti, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pneumology, 401 General Military Hospital, Athens, Greece
    • ,
  • Theodoros Xanthos, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Experimental Surgery and Surgical Research “N.S. Christeas,” University of Athens, Greece
    • ,
  • Nicoletta Iacovidou, MD

      Affiliations

    • Neonatal Division, Second Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Athens University Medical School, Athens, Greece
    • ,
  • Nikolaos Dagres, MD

      Affiliations

    • Second Department of Cardiology, University of Athens, ATTIKON University Hospital, Athens, Greece
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Nikolaos Dagres, MD, Second University Cardiology Department, Attikon University Hospital, Rimini 1, Haidari, 12462 Athens, Greece.
    • ,
  • John P. Lekakis, MD

      Affiliations

    • Second Department of Cardiology, University of Athens, ATTIKON University Hospital, Athens, Greece
    • ,
  • Fani Kyriakou, MD

      Affiliations

    • Critical Care Department, University of Athens, Evangelismos General Hospital, Athens, Greece
    • ,
  • Dimitrios T. Kremastinos, MD

      Affiliations

    • Second Department of Cardiology, University of Athens, ATTIKON University Hospital, Athens, Greece

Received 10 October 2009 ,Revised 3 June 2010 ,Accepted 15 June 2010.

References 

  1. Greenland P, Knoll MD, Stamler J, Neaton JD, Dyer AR, Garside DB, et al. Major risk factors as antecedents of fatal and nonfatal coronary heart disease events. JAMA. 2003;290:891–897
  2. Yusuf S, Hawken S, Ounpuu S, Dans T, Avezum A, Lanas F, et al. Effect of potentially modifiable risk factors associated with myocardial infarction in 52 countries (the INTERHEART study): case-control study. Lancet. 2004;364:937–952
  3. Nicholls SJ, Tuzcu EM, Crowe T, Sipahi I, Schoenhagen P, Kapadia S, et al. Relationship between cardiovascular risk factors and atherosclerotic disease burden measured by intravascular ultrasound. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2006;47:1967–1975
  4. Wilson PW, D’Agostino RB, Levy D, Belanger AM, Silbershatz H, Kannel WB. Prediction of coronary heart disease using risk factor categories. Circulation. 1998;97:1837–1847
  5. Vlietstra RE, Kronmal RA, Frye RL, Seth AK, Tristani FE, Killip T. Factors affecting the extent and severity of coronary artery disease in patients enrolled in the coronary artery surgery study. Arteriosclerosis. 1982;2:208–215
  6. Proudfit WJ, Bruschke AV, MacMillan JP, Williams GW, Sones FM. Fifteen year survival study of patients with obstructive coronary artery disease. Circulation. 1983;68:986–997
  7. Califf RM, Tomabechi Y, Lee KL, Phillips H, Pryor DB, Harrell FE, et al. Outcome in one-vessel coronary artery disease. Circulation. 1983;67:283–290
  8. Tacoy G, Balcioglu AS, Akinci S, Erdem G, Kocaman SA, Timurkaynak T, et al. Traditional risk factors are predictive on segmental localization of coronary artery disease. Angiology. 2008;59:402–407
  9. Expert Panel on Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Cholesterol in Adults. Executive Summary of The Third Report of The National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP) Expert Panel on Detection, Evaluation, And Treatment of High Blood Cholesterol In Adults (Adult Treatment Panel III). JAMA. 2001;285:2486–2497
  10. Chobanian AV, Bakris GL, Black HR, Cushman WC, Green LA, Izzo JL, et al. The Seventh Report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure: the JNC 7 report. JAMA. 2003;289:2560–2572
  11. Genuth S, Alberti KG, Bennett P, Buse J, Defronzo R, Kahn R, et al. Follow-up report on the diagnosis of diabetes mellitus. Diabetes Care. 2003;26:3160–3167
  12. Sianos G, Morel MA, Kappetein AP, Morice MC, Colombo A, Dawkins K, et al. The SYNTAX Score: an angiographic tool grading the complexity of coronary artery disease. EuroIntervention. 2005;1:219–227
  13. Ross R. The pathogenesis of atherosclerosis. In:  Braunwald E editors. Heart disease. A textbook of cardiovascular medicine. 5th ed. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders Company; 1997;p. 1105
  14. Horimoto M, Hasegawa A, Ozaki T, Takenaka T, Igarashi K, Inoue H. Independent predictors of the severity of angiographic coronary atherosclerosis: the lack of association between impaired glucose tolerance and stenosis severity. Atherosclerosis. 2005;182:113–119
  15. Raos V, Strujić BJ. Dyslipoproteinemia and coronary disease. Angiology. 2002;53:557–562
  16. Kaneda H, Kataoka T, Ako J, Honda Y, Yock PG, Fitzgerald PJ. Coronary risk factors and coronary atheroma burden at severely narrowing segments. Int J Cardiol. 2008;124:124–126
  17. Rydén L, Standl E, Bartnik M, Van den Berghe G, Betteridge J, de Boer MJ, et al. Guidelines on diabetes, pre-diabetes, and cardiovascular diseases: executive summary. The Task Force on Diabetes and Cardiovascular Diseases of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD). Eur Heart J. 2007;28:88–136
  18. Emond M, Mock MB, Davis KB, Fisher LD, Holmes DR, Chaitman BR, et al. Long-term survival of medically treated patients in the Coronary Artery Surgery Study (CASS) Registry. Circulation. 1994;90:2645–2657

PII: S0147-9563(10)00278-5

doi: 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2010.06.007

Heart & Lung: The Journal of Acute and Critical Care
Volume 40, Issue 3 , Pages 201-207 , May 2011

Article Tools