New directions in cardiovascular risk assessment: The role of secondary risk stratification markers

International Journal of Clinical Practice

Volumn 66, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 622-630

  Wierzbicki, A S ^a  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1 ALKYL 2 ACETYLGLYCEROPHOSPHOCHOLINE ESTERASE; ADRENOMEDULLIN; AMINO TERMINAL PRO BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FIBRINOGEN; GLICLAZIDE; INDAPAMIDE PLUS PERINDOPRIL; LIPOPROTEIN A; N(G),N(G) DIMETHYLARGININE; TROPONIN;

AGE; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIFICATION; CORONARY ARTERY DILATATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; ETHNICITY; FAMILY HISTORY; GENDER; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PULSE WAVE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; VASCULAR DISEASE;

1-ALKYL-2-ACETYLGLYCEROPHOSPHOCHOLINE ESTERASE; ADRENOMEDULLIN; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARGININE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMANS; LIPOPROTEIN(A); NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE, BRAIN; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TROPONIN; VASCULAR CALCIFICATION; VASODILATION;

EID: 84862746463     PISSN: 13685031     EISSN: 17421241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-1241.2012.02956.x     Document Type: Review

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