Keywords
Cardiovascular disease; Hypertension; Dyslipidemia; Inflammation; Oxidative stress; Immune vascular dysfunction
Abstract
We have reached a limit in our ability to reduce the incidence of Coronary Heart Disease (CHD), Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) and Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) utilizing the traditional evaluation, prevention, and treatment strategies for the top 5 cardiovascular risk factors – hypertension, diabetes mellitus, dyslipidemia, obesity and smoking. Statistics show that approximately 50% of patients continue to have CHD or Myocardial Infarction (MI) despite “normal” levels of these five risk factors as traditionally defined. A more logical and in depth understanding of these top five risk factors is necessary. Advanced testing should include 24 hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring, advanced lipid profiles, dysglycemic parameters, visceral obesity with effects of adipokines and evaluation of the three finite vascular endothelial responses of inflammation, oxidative stress and immune vascular dysfunction. Congestive heart failure is most commonly due to CHD and presents with both systolic and diastolic heart failure. Understanding translational cardiovascular medicine allows appropriate correlation of the CHD risk factors to the presence or absence of vascular injury and disease utilizing non -invasive vascular testing. This provides for early identification, prevention and treatment of CHD, CHF and CVD.
Citation
Houston MC. Treatment of Cardiovascular Disease with Nutritional Supplements. SM J Food Nutri Disord. 2016; 2(1): 1010.