Plasma Lipid Profiling for Risk Assessment of Unstable Coronary Artery Disease

年龄、性别、吸烟、血压和胆固醇水平是患心脏病的危险因素。大多数成年人属于中等风险群体，其中当前风险因素的预测能力较低。大多数心脏病发作都发生在这个群体中。因此，许多处于危险中的人没有得到适当的识别或适当的治疗。我们正在开发一种新的测试，以准确评估未来心脏病发作的风险，以解决我们卫生系统的这一不足。

Age, sex, smoking, blood pressure and cholesterol level are risk factors for the development of heart disease. Most adults belong to an intermediate-risk group in which the predictive power of current risk factors is low. Most heart attacks occur in this group. Consequently, many individuals at risk are not properly identified nor treated appropriately. We are developing a new test to accurately assess risk of a future heart attack that will address this deficiency in our health system.