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Do Different Vascular Risk Factors Affect All Arteries Equally?

Department of Vascular Surgery, Red Cross Hospital, Athens, Greece

Nikolaos Bessias, MD

Department of Vascular Surgery, Red Cross Hospital, Athens, Greece

Theofanis T. Papas, MD

Department of Vascular Surgery, Red Cross Hospital, Athens, Greece

Christos D. Gekas, MD

Department of Vascular Surgery, Red Cross Hospital, Athens, Greece

Vassilios Andrikopoulos, MD

Department of Vascular Surgery, Red Cross Hospital, Athens, Greece

Dimitri P. Mikhailidis, MD, FFPM, FRCPath, FRCP

Department of Clinical Biochemistry (Vascular Disease Prevention clinics), Royal Free Hospital campus, University College London, United Kingdom, MIKHAILIDIS{at}aol.com

Established vascular risk factors (ie, smoking, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and dyslipidemia) play an important role in the development of vascular disease. Emerging evidence suggests that some of these risk factors may have a more intense effect on specific arterial beds, a finding that holds implications for a prognostic role for certain types of vascular disease.

Key Words: smoking • hypertension • hyperlipidemia • diabetes mellitus • peripheral arterial disease • stroke • coronary heart disease

This version was published on August 1, 2008

Angiology, Vol. 59, No. 4, 397-401 (2008)
DOI: 10.1177/0003319708318383


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