Risk factors for coronary artery disease
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Risk factors for coronary artery disease
The more risk factors a person has for coronary artery disease (CAD), the more likely it is that the person will develop heart problems or have a heart attack. Risk factors for CAD include:
- Being a man older than age 35.
- Being a woman who has gone through menopause.
- Being overweight.
- Having high blood pressure (hypertension).
- Having diabetes.
- Having high cholesterol.
- Having a family history of heart disease.
- Smoking cigarettes.
- Being physically inactive.
Risk factors for a heart attack also include the use of cocaine and amphetamines.
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| Author | Sydney Youngerman-Cole, RN, BSN, RNC |
| Editor | Susan Van Houten, RN, BSN, MBA |
| Associate Editor | Tracy Landauer |
| Primary Medical Reviewer | William M. Green, MD - Emergency Medicine |
| Specialist Medical Reviewer | H. Michael O'Connor, MD - Emergency Medicine |
| Last Updated | September 30, 2005 |
| Last updated: | September 30, 2005 |
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| Author: | Sydney Youngerman-Cole, RN, BSN, RNC |
| Reviewed By: | William M. Green, MD - Emergency Medicine, H. Michael O'Connor, MD - Emergency Medicine |
| Editors: | Susan Van Houten, RN, BSN, MBA, Tracy Landauer |
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