CORONARY HEART DISEASE: CURRENT PERSPECTIVES
Sood M.*, Sharma R., Sharma R.B., Agarwal S., Vashist H., Sisodia S.S., Gupta A.
ABSTRACT
Coronary heart disease (CHD) is currently the leading cause of death
worldwide and together with diabetes, poses a serious health threat,
particularly in the Indian Asian population. Risk factor management
has evolved considerably with the continued emergence of new and
thought-provoking evidence. The stream of laboratory and populationbased
research findings as well as unresolved controversies may pose
dilemmas and conflicting impulses in most clinicians and even in our
more well-informed patients. As results of the most recent clinical
trials on glycaemic control for macrovascular risk reduction are woven
into concrete clinical practice guidelines. Drugs with anabolic and immunomodulating
properties are being evaluated and clinical and non-clinical trials. The major risk factors for
developing heart disease are the same for both men and women. These include hypertension,
cigarette smoking, hyperlipidemia, diabetes, obesity, stress, age, heredity and race.
Keywords: Coronary Heart Disease, Diabetes, Hypertension and Hyperlipidemia.
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