| Table 4: | |
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Components
of Risk Stratification
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Major
Risk Factors
|
Target
Organ Damage/
Clinical Cardiovascular Disease |
| Smoking | Heart
Disease: Left ventricular hypertrophy Angina or previous myocardial infarction (MI) Prior coronary revascularization Heart failure |
|
Dyslipidemia
|
Stroke
or transient ischemic attack
|
|
Diabetes
Mellitus
|
Nephropathy
|
| Age > 60 y | Peripheral arterial disease |
|
Sex
(male, postmenopausal women)
|
Retinopathy
|
|
Family
history or cardiovascular disease: Women < 65 y or men < 55 y
|
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2002 The Cleveland Clinic Foundation
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