Advanced, vulnerable atherosclerotic plaques are highly prevalent in young Americans and are influenced by traditional CHD risk factors, emphasizing the need for prevention to begin in adolescence or young adulthood.
Supports early risk factor focus in youth; hypothesis-generating for event prediction without longitudinal data.
-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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