scholarly journals Personality traits, cardiac risk factors, and their association with presence and severity of coronary artery plaque in people with no history of cardiovascular disease

2014 ◽  
Vol 15 (5) ◽  
pp. 423-430 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angelo Compare ◽  
Paula M.C. Mommersteeg ◽  
Francesco Faletra ◽  
Enzo Grossi ◽  
Elena Pasotti ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Cardiovascular Disease ◽  
Coronary Artery ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Cardiac Risk ◽  
Coronary Artery Plaque ◽  
Cardiac Risk Factors ◽  
History Of

Self-Reported Cardiac Risk Factors in Emergency Department Nurses and Paramedics

2000 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 14-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tyler W. Barrett ◽  
Valerie C. Norton ◽  
Matthew Busam ◽  
Julie Boyd ◽  
David J. Maron ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Cardiovascular Disease ◽  
Emergency Department ◽  
High Risk ◽  
Cardiac Disease ◽  
Cardiac Risk ◽  
Smoking History ◽  
Cardiac Risk Factors ◽  
History Of ◽  
Very High

AbstractStudy Objective:Our objective was to assess the prevalence of cardiac risk factors in a sample of urban paramedics and emergency department (ED) nurses.Methods:We asked 175 paramedics and ED nurses working at a busy, urban ED to complete a cardiovascular risk assessment. The survey asked subjects to report smoking history, diet, exercise habits, weight, stress levels, medication use, history of hypertension or cardiac disease, family history of cardiovascular disease (CVD), and cholesterol level (if known)Results:129 of 175 surveys were returned (74% return rate) by 85 paramedics and 44 nurses. The percentages of paramedics and nurses at high or very high risk for cardiac disease were 48% and 41%, respectively. Forty-one percent of female respondents and 46% of male respondents were at high or very high risk. Cigarette smoking was reported in 19% of the paramedics and 14% of the nurses. The percentages of paramedics and nurses who reported hypertension were 13% and 11%, respectively. High cholesterol was reported in 31% of paramedics and 16% of nurses.Conclusions:Forty-eight percent of paramedics and 41% of ED nurses at this center are at high or very high risk for cardiovascular disease, by self-report. Efforts should be made to better educate and intervene in this population of health-care providers in order to reduce their cardiac risk.

Sexual Assault While in the Military: Violence as a Predictor of Cardiac Risk?

2003 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 219-225 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan M. Frayne ◽  
Katherine M. Skinner ◽  
Lisa M. Sullivan ◽  
Karen M. Freund
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Sexual Assault ◽  
Women Veterans ◽  
Cardiac Risk ◽  
Veterans Administration ◽  
Cardiac Risk Factors ◽  
Military Violence ◽  
Problem Alcohol Use ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Military

The purpose of this article is to determine whether known cardiac risk factors are more prevalent among women veterans who report having sustained sexual assault while in the military. We surveyed a random sample of 3,632 women veterans using Veterans Administration (VA) ambulatory care nationally. Obesity, smoking, problem alcohol use, sedentary lifestyle, and hysterectomy before age 40 were found to be more common in women reporting a history of sexual assault while in the military than in women without such history. An association between myocardial infarction and prior sexual assault history may be mediated in part by known cardiac risk factors.

Fifty Men, 3510 Marathons, Cardiac Risk Factors, and Coronary Artery Calcium Scores

2017 ◽  
Vol 49 (12) ◽  
pp. 2369-2373 ◽  
Author(s):  
WILLIAM O. ROBERTS ◽  
ROBERT S. SCHWARTZ ◽  
ROSS F. GARBERICH ◽  
SAMANTHA CARLSON ◽  
THOMAS KNICKELBINE ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Coronary Artery ◽  
Coronary Artery Calcium ◽  
Cardiac Risk ◽  
Cardiac Risk Factors

Prognostic Value of Cardiac Risk Factors and Coronary Artery Calcium Screening for All-Cause Mortality

Radiology ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 228 (3) ◽  
pp. 826-833 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leslee J. Shaw ◽  
Paolo Raggi ◽  
Enrique Schisterman ◽  
Daniel S. Berman ◽  
Tracy Q. Callister
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Coronary Artery ◽  
Coronary Artery Calcium ◽  
Prognostic Value ◽  
Cardiac Risk ◽  
Cardiac Risk Factors ◽  
All Cause Mortality

Traditional cardiac risk factors profile in Iranian patients undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery

2009 ◽  
Vol 64 (3) ◽  
pp. 371-377 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Karimi ◽  
M. Marzban ◽  
N. Movahedi ◽  
A. Salehiomran ◽  
S. Sadeghian ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Coronary Artery ◽  
Coronary Artery Bypass ◽  
Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery ◽  
Bypass Surgery ◽  
Artery Bypass ◽  
Cardiac Risk ◽  
Cardiac Risk Factors ◽  
Iranian Patients

Abstract 16324: The Overall Haemostatic Potential: A Novel Coagulation Measure Associated With Sex-specific Differences in Early Atherosclerosis and Metabolic Dysfunction

Circulation ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 142 (Suppl_3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Katharine A Kott ◽  
Marie-Christine Morel-Kopp ◽  
Stephen T Vernon ◽  
Yuki Takagi ◽  
Christopher Ward ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Coronary Artery ◽  
Subclinical Atherosclerosis ◽  
Cardiac Risk ◽  
Biologically Active ◽  
Smoking History ◽  
Plaque Burden ◽  
Cardiac Risk Factors ◽  
Calcified Plaque ◽  
Male Patients

Introduction & Aim: Plaque micro-ruptures and associated thrombosis are a contributor to the progression of coronary artery disease (CAD). We sought to determine if disorders of haemostasis detectable by a global coagulation assay was a novel risk factor for CAD, or if hypercoagulation was associated with any of the traditional cardiac risk factors. Methods: Using the BioHEART biobank of clinical data, imaging data and pathology specimens, a cohort of patients (mean age 62.9 +/- 9.9 years, n=103 female, 103 male) had platelet poor plasma assessed by the overall haemostatic potential (OHP) assay. This assay measures the integrated effect of procoagulant, anticoagulant and fibrinolytic factors via calculation of area under a fibrin time curve. All patients had CT coronary angiograms scored; calcified plaque was identified by the coronary artery calcium score, and non-calcified plaque burden by a soft plaque score (SPS). Analysis was segregated by sex because of baseline differences in coagulation between males and females. Results: The OHP was found to be elevated in male patients who had non-calcified CAD [SPS>0 - 10.4 +/- 0.6 (n=62) vs SPS=0 - 8.78 +/- 0.5 (n=41), p=0.04], male patients with obesity [BMI >= 30 - 12.6 +/- 1.1 (n=26) vs BMI < 30 - 8.8 +/- 0.4 (n=77), p<0.01] and in female patients with hyperlipidaemia [hyperlipidaemic 11.8 +/- 0.6 (n=63) vs normolipidaemic 9.2 +/- 0.6 (n=40), p<0.01]. No differences were seen in OHP with calcified CAD, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, current or previous smoking history, or significant family history of CAD. Conclusions: These results indicate that hypercoagulation is associated with more biologically active non-calcified plaque, and that disordered coagulation is associated with two significant cardiac risk factors in a sex-discrepant manner. These findings underscore the importance of global coagulation assessments as potential novel, sex-specific biomarker for subclinical atherosclerosis.

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