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ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME
ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROMES PATHOPHYSIOLOGY PLAQUE RUPTURE & SUPERIMPOSED NONOCCLUSIVE THROMBUS DYNAMIC OBSTRUCTION PROGRESSIVE MECHANICAL OBSTRUCTION INFLAMMATION AND/OR INFECTION SECONDARY UNSTABLE ANGINA INCREASED O 2  DEMAND
FRISC - II PROTOCOL 2457 PATIENTS JUNE 17, 1996 TO MAY 6, 1998 (2 YEARS) 58 SCANDINAVIAN CENTERS 1.76 PATIENTS PER MONTH PER CENTER
FRISC - II  ELIGIBILITY ST DEPRESSION MORE THAN 0.1 MV T WAVE INVERSION MORE THAN 0.1 MV RAISED BIOCHEMICAL MARKERS CPK - MB MORE THAN 6   G/L, TROPORIN T MORE THAN 0.1   G/L MB ISOENZYME ABOVE LIMIT FOR DIAGNOSIS OF MI MAJORITY ABOVE 65 YEARS AND WITH MULTIPLE RISK  FACTORS HIGHLY SELECTIVE GROUP OF ACS  (IN BLOCKS  & CAPS - DIFFERENT COLUR)
THE TIMI RISK SCORE FOR UA/NSTEMI Characteristics Points Historical   Age    65 years   1     3 Risk factors for CAD   1  Known CAD (stenosis    50%)     1  Aspirin use in past 7 days   1 Presentation Recent (   24 h) severe angina     1 ST-segment deviation    0.5 mm   1    Cardiac markers   1 Risk Score = Total Points   0-7 Antman et al JAMA 2000, 784 835
RITA-3 1810 PATIENTS WITH ACS 915 CONSERVATIVE STRATEGY 895 INTERVENTION STRATEGY INTERVENTION : ASPIRIN, ENOX, GP II B / III A, TICLO / CLOPIDOGREL CONSERVATIVE  ASPIRIN, ENOX ? GPIIB/IIIA ? TICLO / CLOPIDOGREL LANCET 2002, 360, 743
TROPONIN T LEVELS  IN ACS & CARDIAC DEATH 1506 Patients FRISC – Circ. 1996, 93 : 1651
TACTICS – TIMI 18 New Eng. J. Med, 2001, 344 : 1879 21 % risk reduction  (p=0.048) 36 % risk reduction  (p=0.018)
TACTCS - TIMI 18 2220 PATIENTS WITH ACS INVASIVE 1114 CONSERVATIVE 1106 CHARACTERISED ACCORDING  TO  TIMI RISK SCORE
RITA - 3  Intervention  Conservative (n =895) (n=915) Deaths  4 months  26  23 1 year  41  36 All follow-up  60  72 Myocardial infarctions (MIS) 4 months  30  34  1 year  34  44 All follow – up  45  56 Lancet 2002,360,743
RITA - 3  Intervention  Conservative (n =895) (n=915) Refractory angina  4 months    39  85 1 year    58     106 Primary endpoints Death, MI, or    86 (9.6%)  133 (14.5 %) Refractory angina  4 months  Death or MI   68(7.6%)  76 (8.3 %) 1 year  Lancet 2002,360,743
ACS – Report Incidence & D/MI  CONS. V/s INV. Number of deaths or MIS within 1 year Intervention  Conservative RITA  68/895(7.6%)   68/895(7.6%) VINO   4/64(6.36%)     15/(22.4%)  TACTICS-TIMI 18   81/1114(7.3%) 105/1106(9.5%) TRUCS    6/76(7.6%)   12/72(16.7%) FRISC II   127/1219(10.4%)  68/895(7.6%) MATE   11/111(9.9%)   6/90(6.7%) VANQWISH   111/462(24.0%) 85/458(18.6%) TIMI IIIB   52/484(10.8%)   62/509(12.2%) Risk Ratio (95 % CI)
ASSESSMENT OF THE CLINICAL UTILITY OF NOVEL MARKERS OF CARDIOVASCULAR RISK ADDITIVE TO   TOTAL AND ASSAY  PROSPECTIVE   HIGH-DENSITY CONDITIONS  STUDIES   LIPOPROTEIN MARKER  STANDARDIZED ? CONSISTENT ?   CHOLESTEROL ? Lipoprotein (a)   No  Yes/no    Yes /no Total homocysteine Yes Yes/no   Yes /no Tissue-type plasminogen activator     Yes/no Yes   Yes/no And plasminogen activator inhibitor Fibrinogen   Yes/no Yes Yes High-sensitiviety-C-reactive protein   Yes Yes Yes From Ridker PM: Evaluating novel cardiovascular risk factors : Can we better predict heart attacks  ?Ann Intern Med 130:933-937,1999
100 80 60 40 20 0 (n=895) (n=915) (n=856) (n=873) (n=799) (n=814) Intervention  Conservative Intervention  Conservative Intervention  Conservative Proportion of patients (%) Baseline  4 months 1 year Prevalence of angina over time treatment Lancet 2002,360,743 Grade 1 Grade 2 Grade 3/4
Nitricoxide (NO)   Thrombomodulin TM   Protects  Endothelium     Endothelium  Damages Endothelium   Depletion of NO and TM   Reactive Oxygen Species   Oxidation   Homocysteine   Mechanism of Homocysteine Induced Vascular Damage
RITA - 3    Intervention  Conservative   (n =895) (n=915) Deaths  4 months    26  23 1 year    41  36 All follow-up    60  72 Myocardial infarctions (MIs) 4 months    30  34  1 year    34  44 All follow – up    45  56 Lancet 2002,360,743
RITA - 3  Intervention  Conservative (n =895) (n=915) Refractory angina  4 months  39 85 1 year  58      106 Primary endpoints Death, MI, or    86 (9.6%)   133 (14.5 %) Refractory angina  4 months  Death or MI   68(7.6%)   76 (8.3 %) 1 year  Lancet 2002,360,743
ACS – Report Incidence & D/MI  CONS. V/s INV. Number of deaths or MIS within 1 year Intervention  Conservative RITA  68/895(7.6%)   68/895(7.6%) VINO  4/64(6.36%)   15/(22.4%)  TACTICS-TIMI 18   81/1114(7.3%) 105/1106(9.5%) TRUCS    6/76(7.6%)   12/72(16.7%) FRISC II   127/1219(10.4%)  68/895(7.6%) MATE   11/111(9.9%)   6/90(6.7%) VANQWISH   111/462(24.0%) 85/458(18.6%) TIMI IIIB   52/484(10.8%) 62/509(12.2%) Risk Ratio (95 % CI)
ASSESSMENT OF THE CLINICAL UTILITY OF NOVEL MARKERS OF CARDIOVASCULAR RISK ADDITIVE TO   TOTAL AND ASSAY  PROSPECTIVE   HIGH-DENSITY CONDITIONS  STUDIES   LIPOPROTEIN MARKER  STANDARDIZED ? CONSISTENT ?   CHOLESTEROL ? Lipoprotein (a)   No  Yes/no    Yes /no Total homocysteine Yes Yes/no   Yes /no Tissue-type plasminogen activator     Yes/no Yes   Yes/no And plasminogen activator inhibitor Fibrinogen   Yes/no Yes Yes High-sensitiviety-C-reactive protein   Yes Yes Yes From Ridker PM: Evaluating novel cardiovascular risk factors : Can we better predict heart attacks  ?Ann Intern Med 130:933-937,1999
100 80 60 40 20 0 (n=895) (n=915) (n=856) (n=873) (n=799) (n=814) Intervention  Conservative Intervention  Conservative Intervention  Conservative Proportion of patients (%) Baseline  4 months 1 year Prevalence of angina over time treatment Lancet 2002,360,743 Grade 1 Grade 2 Grade 3/4
Conventional Fisk Factors for CAD 1.  DysIipidaemia : elevated LDL-C and low HDL-C 2.  Smoking 3. Diabetes 4. Hypertension 5. Obesity 6. Sedentary lifestyle 7.  Positive family history of premature vascular disease 8. Advancing age 9. Male gender and postmenopausal state in women
ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROMES PATHOPHYSIOLOGY PLAQUE RUPTURE & SUPERIMPOSED NONOCCLUSIVE THROMBUS DYNAMIC OBSTRUCTION PROGRESSIVE MECHANICAL OBSTRUCTION INFLAMMATION AND/OR INFECTION SECONDARY UNSTABLE ANGINA INCREASED O 2  DEMAND
Factors influencing homocysteine metabolism Inherited Enzyme deficiencies in the metabolic pathway  (cysthionine B synthase, 5, 10 – methylene  tetrahydrofolate reductase, methionine synthase) Age and sex Advancing age, male sex, menopause Nutritional Folic acid, vitamins B 6  and B 12 deficiencies Disease Status Renal failure, malignancies, psoriasis, Rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus eythematosus, hypothyroidism Diabetes mellitus Medications Metformin, methotrexate, Anticonvulsants,  Niacin and  theophylline, decreased levels of betaine.
Conventional Fisk Factors for CAD 1.  DysIipidaemia : elevated LDL-C and low HDL-C 2.  Smoking 3. Diabetes 4. Hypertension 5. Obesity 6. Sedentary lifestyle 7.  Positive family history of premature vascular disease 8. Advancing age 9. Male gender and postmenopausal state in women
New and Emerging Risk Factors for CAD 1.  Inflammation and infectious agents  2. Hyperhomocysteinemia 3. Elevated lipoprotein (a) Lpa  4. Insulin resistance 5.  Hypertriglyceridemia and increased IDE  6 Hyperfibrinogenemia 7. Small dense LDL phenotype Psychosocial factors 9.  Non-lipid related gene polymorphisms  10. Miscellaneous : oxidation susceptibility and antioxidant intake WBC count and Hemostatic / Fibrinolytic abnormalities, iron overload
Association between angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) genotypes and incidence of myocardial infarction in men with primary hypercholesteolemia 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0   40   45 50 55 60 65 Incidence of Myocardial Infarction (%) Age (years) DI + II DD
CAD – INFECTION  Circ. 2002, 105, 1555 Patients randomized (n=152)  Patients commencing treatment (n = 148) Placebo (n=74) Clarithromycin (n=74) Urgent revascularization (n=2) Pancreatitis (n = 1) Renal failure (n=1)
Kaplan-Meier plot of cumulative survival during follow-up Circ. 2002, 105, 1555
LEVELS OF HOMOCYSTEINE  Normal Male 8.0 - 14.0   mol/L   Female 6.0 - 12.0   mol/L Homocysteinemia   Moderate   16-30   mol/L    Intermediate 31-100    mol/L Severe   > 100    mol/L
Hyperhomocysteinemia and risk of atherosclerotic vascular disease  Meta analysis of 27 studies *  P < 0.05 v/s normal (Boushey et al) * * *
Homocysteine levels in  CAD patients and controls A  Higher plasma homocysteine levels in Indian patients with CAD B  Increased risk in CAD in Indian Asians  due to hyperhomocysteinemia 1.5 1.4 1.3 1.2 1.1 1.0 11-12  12-1  113-1  14-15  >=15 Odds ratio for CHD Homocysteine conc. (micrommol/L) *p<0.05 n=775 * 1.07 1.15 1.24 1.33 1.43
ONGOING STUDIES ON HOMOCYSTEINEMIA  VISP NORVIT WENBIT SEARCH  PACIFIC
HOMOCYSTEINE LEVELS  IN DIFFERENT DIETS   Vegetarian  Vegan  Omnivore Hcy level   13.2mmol/L  15.8mmol/L  10.2mmol/L Vitamin B 12   214.8pmol/L  140pmol/L  344.7pmol/L Deficiency of vitamin B 12  26 %   78 %   0 %
Joint effects of antimicrobial antibodies, smoking  and CRP on the risk of coronary events
HOMOCYSTEINE METABOLISM
RELATION OF tHcy LEVELS WITH MORTALITY RATES  Homocysteine (micromol/L) Mortality (%) < 9   3.8 9-14.9   8.6 >15     24.7
EMERGING / NOVEL  RISK FACTORS FOR CAD SERUM FIBRINOGEN  MAJOR DETERMINANT OF PLASMA VISCOSITY PLAYS ROLE IN THROMBOSIS 1.8 FOLD INCREASE IN INCIDENCE FOR CAD GENETIC POLYMORPHISM – GENE IDENTIFIED FREQUENT BLOOD DONATIONS OFFER PROTECTION AGAINST CAD ?    VISCOSITY
NOVEL RISK FACTORS FOR CAD ANXIETY  DEPRESSION HOSTILITY RAGE SOCIAL ISOLATION DEPRESSION
Antman RM et al JAMA 2000, 284, 835 % Population  4.3  17.3  32.0  29.3  13.0  3.4 6-7 SABATINE AND ANTMAN  TIMI RISK SCORE FOR UA/NSTEMI

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  • 2. ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROMES PATHOPHYSIOLOGY PLAQUE RUPTURE & SUPERIMPOSED NONOCCLUSIVE THROMBUS DYNAMIC OBSTRUCTION PROGRESSIVE MECHANICAL OBSTRUCTION INFLAMMATION AND/OR INFECTION SECONDARY UNSTABLE ANGINA INCREASED O 2 DEMAND
  • 3. FRISC - II PROTOCOL 2457 PATIENTS JUNE 17, 1996 TO MAY 6, 1998 (2 YEARS) 58 SCANDINAVIAN CENTERS 1.76 PATIENTS PER MONTH PER CENTER
  • 4. FRISC - II ELIGIBILITY ST DEPRESSION MORE THAN 0.1 MV T WAVE INVERSION MORE THAN 0.1 MV RAISED BIOCHEMICAL MARKERS CPK - MB MORE THAN 6  G/L, TROPORIN T MORE THAN 0.1  G/L MB ISOENZYME ABOVE LIMIT FOR DIAGNOSIS OF MI MAJORITY ABOVE 65 YEARS AND WITH MULTIPLE RISK FACTORS HIGHLY SELECTIVE GROUP OF ACS (IN BLOCKS & CAPS - DIFFERENT COLUR)
  • 5. THE TIMI RISK SCORE FOR UA/NSTEMI Characteristics Points Historical Age  65 years 1  3 Risk factors for CAD 1 Known CAD (stenosis  50%) 1 Aspirin use in past 7 days 1 Presentation Recent (  24 h) severe angina 1 ST-segment deviation  0.5 mm 1  Cardiac markers 1 Risk Score = Total Points 0-7 Antman et al JAMA 2000, 784 835
  • 6. RITA-3 1810 PATIENTS WITH ACS 915 CONSERVATIVE STRATEGY 895 INTERVENTION STRATEGY INTERVENTION : ASPIRIN, ENOX, GP II B / III A, TICLO / CLOPIDOGREL CONSERVATIVE ASPIRIN, ENOX ? GPIIB/IIIA ? TICLO / CLOPIDOGREL LANCET 2002, 360, 743
  • 7. TROPONIN T LEVELS IN ACS & CARDIAC DEATH 1506 Patients FRISC – Circ. 1996, 93 : 1651
  • 8. TACTICS – TIMI 18 New Eng. J. Med, 2001, 344 : 1879 21 % risk reduction (p=0.048) 36 % risk reduction (p=0.018)
  • 9. TACTCS - TIMI 18 2220 PATIENTS WITH ACS INVASIVE 1114 CONSERVATIVE 1106 CHARACTERISED ACCORDING TO TIMI RISK SCORE
  • 10. RITA - 3 Intervention Conservative (n =895) (n=915) Deaths 4 months 26 23 1 year 41 36 All follow-up 60 72 Myocardial infarctions (MIS) 4 months 30 34 1 year 34 44 All follow – up 45 56 Lancet 2002,360,743
  • 11. RITA - 3 Intervention Conservative (n =895) (n=915) Refractory angina 4 months 39 85 1 year 58 106 Primary endpoints Death, MI, or 86 (9.6%) 133 (14.5 %) Refractory angina 4 months Death or MI 68(7.6%) 76 (8.3 %) 1 year Lancet 2002,360,743
  • 12. ACS – Report Incidence & D/MI CONS. V/s INV. Number of deaths or MIS within 1 year Intervention Conservative RITA 68/895(7.6%) 68/895(7.6%) VINO 4/64(6.36%) 15/(22.4%) TACTICS-TIMI 18 81/1114(7.3%) 105/1106(9.5%) TRUCS 6/76(7.6%) 12/72(16.7%) FRISC II 127/1219(10.4%) 68/895(7.6%) MATE 11/111(9.9%) 6/90(6.7%) VANQWISH 111/462(24.0%) 85/458(18.6%) TIMI IIIB 52/484(10.8%) 62/509(12.2%) Risk Ratio (95 % CI)
  • 13. ASSESSMENT OF THE CLINICAL UTILITY OF NOVEL MARKERS OF CARDIOVASCULAR RISK ADDITIVE TO TOTAL AND ASSAY PROSPECTIVE HIGH-DENSITY CONDITIONS STUDIES LIPOPROTEIN MARKER STANDARDIZED ? CONSISTENT ? CHOLESTEROL ? Lipoprotein (a) No Yes/no Yes /no Total homocysteine Yes Yes/no Yes /no Tissue-type plasminogen activator Yes/no Yes Yes/no And plasminogen activator inhibitor Fibrinogen Yes/no Yes Yes High-sensitiviety-C-reactive protein Yes Yes Yes From Ridker PM: Evaluating novel cardiovascular risk factors : Can we better predict heart attacks ?Ann Intern Med 130:933-937,1999
  • 14. 100 80 60 40 20 0 (n=895) (n=915) (n=856) (n=873) (n=799) (n=814) Intervention Conservative Intervention Conservative Intervention Conservative Proportion of patients (%) Baseline 4 months 1 year Prevalence of angina over time treatment Lancet 2002,360,743 Grade 1 Grade 2 Grade 3/4
  • 15. Nitricoxide (NO) Thrombomodulin TM Protects Endothelium Endothelium Damages Endothelium Depletion of NO and TM Reactive Oxygen Species Oxidation Homocysteine Mechanism of Homocysteine Induced Vascular Damage
  • 16. RITA - 3 Intervention Conservative (n =895) (n=915) Deaths 4 months 26 23 1 year 41 36 All follow-up 60 72 Myocardial infarctions (MIs) 4 months 30 34 1 year 34 44 All follow – up 45 56 Lancet 2002,360,743
  • 17. RITA - 3 Intervention Conservative (n =895) (n=915) Refractory angina 4 months 39 85 1 year 58 106 Primary endpoints Death, MI, or 86 (9.6%) 133 (14.5 %) Refractory angina 4 months Death or MI 68(7.6%) 76 (8.3 %) 1 year Lancet 2002,360,743
  • 18. ACS – Report Incidence & D/MI CONS. V/s INV. Number of deaths or MIS within 1 year Intervention Conservative RITA 68/895(7.6%) 68/895(7.6%) VINO 4/64(6.36%) 15/(22.4%) TACTICS-TIMI 18 81/1114(7.3%) 105/1106(9.5%) TRUCS 6/76(7.6%) 12/72(16.7%) FRISC II 127/1219(10.4%) 68/895(7.6%) MATE 11/111(9.9%) 6/90(6.7%) VANQWISH 111/462(24.0%) 85/458(18.6%) TIMI IIIB 52/484(10.8%) 62/509(12.2%) Risk Ratio (95 % CI)
  • 19. ASSESSMENT OF THE CLINICAL UTILITY OF NOVEL MARKERS OF CARDIOVASCULAR RISK ADDITIVE TO TOTAL AND ASSAY PROSPECTIVE HIGH-DENSITY CONDITIONS STUDIES LIPOPROTEIN MARKER STANDARDIZED ? CONSISTENT ? CHOLESTEROL ? Lipoprotein (a) No Yes/no Yes /no Total homocysteine Yes Yes/no Yes /no Tissue-type plasminogen activator Yes/no Yes Yes/no And plasminogen activator inhibitor Fibrinogen Yes/no Yes Yes High-sensitiviety-C-reactive protein Yes Yes Yes From Ridker PM: Evaluating novel cardiovascular risk factors : Can we better predict heart attacks ?Ann Intern Med 130:933-937,1999
  • 20. 100 80 60 40 20 0 (n=895) (n=915) (n=856) (n=873) (n=799) (n=814) Intervention Conservative Intervention Conservative Intervention Conservative Proportion of patients (%) Baseline 4 months 1 year Prevalence of angina over time treatment Lancet 2002,360,743 Grade 1 Grade 2 Grade 3/4
  • 21. Conventional Fisk Factors for CAD 1. DysIipidaemia : elevated LDL-C and low HDL-C 2. Smoking 3. Diabetes 4. Hypertension 5. Obesity 6. Sedentary lifestyle 7. Positive family history of premature vascular disease 8. Advancing age 9. Male gender and postmenopausal state in women
  • 22. ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROMES PATHOPHYSIOLOGY PLAQUE RUPTURE & SUPERIMPOSED NONOCCLUSIVE THROMBUS DYNAMIC OBSTRUCTION PROGRESSIVE MECHANICAL OBSTRUCTION INFLAMMATION AND/OR INFECTION SECONDARY UNSTABLE ANGINA INCREASED O 2 DEMAND
  • 23. Factors influencing homocysteine metabolism Inherited Enzyme deficiencies in the metabolic pathway (cysthionine B synthase, 5, 10 – methylene tetrahydrofolate reductase, methionine synthase) Age and sex Advancing age, male sex, menopause Nutritional Folic acid, vitamins B 6 and B 12 deficiencies Disease Status Renal failure, malignancies, psoriasis, Rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus eythematosus, hypothyroidism Diabetes mellitus Medications Metformin, methotrexate, Anticonvulsants, Niacin and theophylline, decreased levels of betaine.
  • 24. Conventional Fisk Factors for CAD 1. DysIipidaemia : elevated LDL-C and low HDL-C 2. Smoking 3. Diabetes 4. Hypertension 5. Obesity 6. Sedentary lifestyle 7. Positive family history of premature vascular disease 8. Advancing age 9. Male gender and postmenopausal state in women
  • 25. New and Emerging Risk Factors for CAD 1. Inflammation and infectious agents 2. Hyperhomocysteinemia 3. Elevated lipoprotein (a) Lpa 4. Insulin resistance 5. Hypertriglyceridemia and increased IDE 6 Hyperfibrinogenemia 7. Small dense LDL phenotype Psychosocial factors 9. Non-lipid related gene polymorphisms 10. Miscellaneous : oxidation susceptibility and antioxidant intake WBC count and Hemostatic / Fibrinolytic abnormalities, iron overload
  • 26. Association between angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) genotypes and incidence of myocardial infarction in men with primary hypercholesteolemia 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 40 45 50 55 60 65 Incidence of Myocardial Infarction (%) Age (years) DI + II DD
  • 27. CAD – INFECTION Circ. 2002, 105, 1555 Patients randomized (n=152) Patients commencing treatment (n = 148) Placebo (n=74) Clarithromycin (n=74) Urgent revascularization (n=2) Pancreatitis (n = 1) Renal failure (n=1)
  • 28. Kaplan-Meier plot of cumulative survival during follow-up Circ. 2002, 105, 1555
  • 29. LEVELS OF HOMOCYSTEINE Normal Male 8.0 - 14.0  mol/L Female 6.0 - 12.0  mol/L Homocysteinemia Moderate 16-30  mol/L  Intermediate 31-100  mol/L Severe > 100  mol/L
  • 30. Hyperhomocysteinemia and risk of atherosclerotic vascular disease Meta analysis of 27 studies * P < 0.05 v/s normal (Boushey et al) * * *
  • 31. Homocysteine levels in CAD patients and controls A Higher plasma homocysteine levels in Indian patients with CAD B Increased risk in CAD in Indian Asians due to hyperhomocysteinemia 1.5 1.4 1.3 1.2 1.1 1.0 11-12 12-1 113-1 14-15 >=15 Odds ratio for CHD Homocysteine conc. (micrommol/L) *p<0.05 n=775 * 1.07 1.15 1.24 1.33 1.43
  • 32. ONGOING STUDIES ON HOMOCYSTEINEMIA VISP NORVIT WENBIT SEARCH PACIFIC
  • 33. HOMOCYSTEINE LEVELS IN DIFFERENT DIETS Vegetarian Vegan Omnivore Hcy level 13.2mmol/L 15.8mmol/L 10.2mmol/L Vitamin B 12 214.8pmol/L 140pmol/L 344.7pmol/L Deficiency of vitamin B 12 26 % 78 % 0 %
  • 34. Joint effects of antimicrobial antibodies, smoking and CRP on the risk of coronary events
  • 36. RELATION OF tHcy LEVELS WITH MORTALITY RATES Homocysteine (micromol/L) Mortality (%) < 9 3.8 9-14.9 8.6 >15 24.7
  • 37. EMERGING / NOVEL RISK FACTORS FOR CAD SERUM FIBRINOGEN MAJOR DETERMINANT OF PLASMA VISCOSITY PLAYS ROLE IN THROMBOSIS 1.8 FOLD INCREASE IN INCIDENCE FOR CAD GENETIC POLYMORPHISM – GENE IDENTIFIED FREQUENT BLOOD DONATIONS OFFER PROTECTION AGAINST CAD ?  VISCOSITY
  • 38. NOVEL RISK FACTORS FOR CAD ANXIETY DEPRESSION HOSTILITY RAGE SOCIAL ISOLATION DEPRESSION
  • 39. Antman RM et al JAMA 2000, 284, 835 % Population 4.3 17.3 32.0 29.3 13.0 3.4 6-7 SABATINE AND ANTMAN TIMI RISK SCORE FOR UA/NSTEMI