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Risk factors can be divided into those that are predictive, those that are treatment targets, and those that fall into both categories.24 Copyright © 2007, Elsevier. Reproduced with permission from Gaziano JM, Manson JE, Ridker PM. Primary and secondary prevention of coronary heart disease. In: Libby P, Bonow RO, Mann DL, et al, editors. Libby: Braunwald’s Heart Disease: A Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine. 8th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Saunders; 2007;1119–1148.
Abbreviations: ACE, angiotensin-converting enzyme; ARB, angiotensin receptor blocker; CABG, coronary artery bypass graft; CRP, C-reactive protein; EBT, electron beam tomography; ECHO, echocardiography; ETT, exercise tolerance test; FH, family history; PCI, percutaneous coronary intervention.