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Association of Coronary Heart Disease Risk Factors With Microscopic Qualities of Coronary Atherosclerosis in Youth

Henry C. McGill, C. Alex McMahan, Arthur W. Zieske, Richard E. Tracy, Gray T. Malcom, Edward E. Herderick, Jack P. Strong

Circulation · 2000 · 373 citations · 29 references

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Abstract

-Young Americans have a high prevalence of advanced atherosclerotic coronary artery plaques with qualities indicating vulnerability to rupture. Early atherosclerosis is influenced by the risk factors for clinical CHD. Long-range prevention of CHD must begin in adolescence or young adulthood.

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