Blood Markers of Atherosclerosis

摘要

The estimation of risk for atherosclerosis and cardiovascular events (CV) based only on the presence of classical risk factors is commonly insufficient. Therefore, efforts have been made to find other nonclassical markers of atherosclerosis. Recently, many investigators have focused on the determination of circulating ?blood markers of atherosclerosis. There are a number of markers found in blood that indicate the presence of atherosclerotic process and represent the risk for the development of cardiovascular events (1). Further, they may be used for identifying subjects predisposed to plaque instability and vascular obstruction. Recent investigations have indicated that increases in biomarkers upstream of markers of necrosis may have the utility to identify patients with acute coronary syndrome and to recognize patients with higher risk of adverse events (2).