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Coronary Heart Disease Risk

Meaning

Coronary Heart Disease Risk represents the calculated probability of an individual developing significant atherosclerosis, which is the narrowing and hardening of the coronary arteries, leading to clinical events such as myocardial infarction, commonly known as a heart attack. This comprehensive clinical assessment integrates established factors like age, lipid profile, blood pressure, and inflammatory status, but current endocrinology increasingly recognizes the patient’s hormonal balance as a profound, modifiable component of this systemic risk. Proactive management of the endocrine profile is therefore an essential strategy for mitigating this long-term cardiovascular risk and promoting overall longevity.