Kidney malfunction results cardiovascular disease (CVD) probability. The means for the threat increase frequently include a mixture of traditional and non-traditional CVD risk factors.We analyzed renal disorder as CVD and mortality threat factor in middle-aged males free from diabetes and CVD. The chance for myocardial infarction (MI) and CVD death was enhanced by ~40% in the 16.5% of men with worse kidney function.
Acute myocardial infarction (AMI), because of ischaemic heart disease (IHD), is a major reason for death both in males and females in the western society. Hypertension, diabetes, and smoking are kinds of well-known risk factors of IHD, but additionally there are psychosocial
In patients consulting for chest pain, it is of great importance to evaluate the possibility of ischemic heart disease (IHD). The aims in this thesis were to investigate the accuracy of the general practitioners’ clinical assessments and the applicability of exercise testing and myocardial perfusion scintigraphy (MPS) in patients consulting for chest pain in primary care.
Heart failure and left ventricular dysfunction are major causes of morbidity and mortality. In this thesis, metabolic, hormonal, genetic and prognostic aspects of echocardiographically determined left ventricular function were investigated in a fairly large longitudinal population-based study of men. The participants were