Cardiovascular Risk Assessment in Primary Prevention

Section 1General Principles and Approach to Risk Assessment in Primary Prevention - Anne Marie Navar (Duke University)U.S. Guidelines - Roger Blumenthal (Johns Hopkins University)European Guidelines - Salim Virani (Baylor College of Medicine)Canadian Guidelines - Robert Hegele (Robarts Research Institute; Ontario, Canada)Asian Guidelines - Mariko Harada-Shiba (National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center; Japan)

Section 2 - Traditional Risk FactorsHypercholesterolemia - Christie Ballantyne (Baylor College of Medicine)Hypertension - Ron Blankstein (Brigham and Women's Hospital)Diabetes - Mikhail Kosiborod (University of Missouri - Kansas City)Smoking - Pamela Morris (Medical University of South Carolina)Obesity - Jamie Ard (Wake Forest University School of Medicine)

Section 3 - Risk EnhancersFamily history of premature atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease - Amit Khera (UT Southwestern)Conditions Specific to Women - Martha Gulati (University of Arizona - Phoenix)Ethnic Factors - Pam Taub (UC San Diego)Triglyceride Rich Lipoproteins - Sergio Fazio (Oregon Health & Science University)Inflammatory Diseases - Erin Michos (Johns Hopkins University)Chronic Kidney Disease - Barry Freedman (Wake Forest University School of Medicine)Metabolic Syndrome - Harold Bays (Louisville Metabolic and Atherosclerosis)Ankle Brachial Index - Peter Toth (CGH Medical Center)

Section 4 - Novel Risk FactorsLipoprotein(a) - Mike Blaha (Johns Hopkins University)High-sensitivity C-Reactive Protein - Paul Ridker (Brigham and Women's Hospital)Apolipoprotein B - Seth Martin (Johns Hopkins University)Social Determinants of Health - Keith Ferdinand (Tulane University)Clonal Hematopoiesis of Indeterminate Potential - Pradeep Natarajan (Massachusetts General Hospital)Polygenic Risk Scores - Amit Khera (Massachusetts General Hospital)Metabolomics - David Herrington (Wake Forest University School of Medicine)

Section 5 - Atherosclerosis Imaging as a Tool to Refine Risk EstimatesCoronary Artery Calcium Score - Khurram Nasir (Houston Methodist Debakey Heart Center)Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography - Kavitha Chinnaiyan (Beaumont Health)Carotid Intima-Media Thickness - Jim Stein (University of Wisconsin)