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The Newer Coronary Risk Factors

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Although traditional coronary risk factors have included elevated blood pressure, cholesterol, and cigarette smoking, several other factors are now being considered. This chapter provides a sampling of some of these “newer” risk factors, particularly those that have a biologic basis. The major categories to be considered are hematologic, newer lipid particles and their metabolic considerations, vitamins and homocysteine, and aspects of glucose metabolism.

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Wilson, P.W.F. (2003). The Newer Coronary Risk Factors. In: Wilson, P.W.F. (eds) Atlas of Atherosclerosis. Current Medicine Group, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-6484-3_10

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