Risk Factors and Biomarkers for Cardiovascular Disease

Dear Colleagues,

Cardiovascular disease is still the leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide despite the great diagnostic and therapeutic progress made in recent decades. The intervention on cardiovascular risk factors is seen as the best long-term solution to improve the outcome of these patients. Therefore, their identification and appropriate therapeutic approach are of the utmost importance.

Some of them are behavioural risk factors, such as unhealthy diet, physical inactivity, tobacco use, and excessive alcohol consumption. Although it is not difficult to correct them, their prevalence remains high because the population is not fully aware of their harmful effect on health. The continuous and long-term action of behavioural risk factors is associated with overweight and obesity, atherogenic dyslipidemia, diabetes, and hypertension, all of which are strong risk factors for cardiovascular disease. The risk of stroke, ischemic heart disease, peripheral artery disease, heart failure, and death that an individual has, increases exponentially as risk factors accumulate because they potentiate each other and accelerate target organ damage.

Although there are many different risk factors that increase the likelihood of developing  cardiovascular disease, they are largely preventable. By implementing a healthy lifestyle and appropriate pharmacological intervention, we can improve the longevity and quality of life of millions of people around the world.

We invite you to share your knowledge and experience. Original and review papers that address cardiovascular risk factors in all aspects, from cellular and molecular mechanisms, and pathophysiological links to problems of diagnosis, treatment, and monitoring are welcome. Only a strong team can have results that matter!

Prof. Dr. Manuela Ciocoiu
Dr. Minerva Codruta Badescu
Dr. Iris Bararu-Bojan
Guest Editors

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