Risk factors can cause major cardiovascular diseases
Friday 27th January 2012
Elevated risk factors can aggravate and induce major cardiovascular diseases (CVD) in later life, according to a new study by a team of researchers at the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute.
Doctors and those in locum cardiology work have long identified conditions such as high blood pressure and the continued build-up of fatty deposits in the blood stream as potential causes of CVD. Now the National Institute of Health researchers have found that if these risks are constantly elevated then a person runs the risk of having a CVD-related actuality such as a stroke or heart attack.
In the UK the NHS ranks CVD as being the biggest killer in people with Cardiac Matters saying that the condition claims 94,000 lives a year through heart attacks. The organisation believes that someone dies from a heart attack every six minutes with over 1.4 million Brits having an attack before they are 35.
The research found that men over the age of 55 that had two types of elevated risks were six times more likely to die of CVD before they reached their 80th birthday than others who had no risk factors. Researchers at the institute felt that preventing CVD was a "lifetime opportunity" with the responsibility to control the risk levels in a person's body being down to the individual, their family, their community and the health service itself. Adults were also advised to keep a close eye on their blood pressure and cholesterol levels.
Donald M. Lloyd-Jones, M.D. and Susan B. Shurin, M.D. said: "It is important for adults to know their blood pressure and cholesterol numbers and whether they are at risk for diabetes and also to understand the different approaches they can take to prevent or control their risks for CVD. This paper underscores the importance of raising awareness of heart disease and coronary heart disease."
written by Martin Lambert
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