Abstract

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.