Northside Hospital Cardiovascular Institute cardiologist Dr. Heval Kelli recently co-authored an article discussing important points for clinicians to understand regarding 10 specific cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors—unhealthful nutrition, physical inactivity, dyslipidemia, hyperglycemia, high blood pressure, obesity, considerations of select populations (older age, race/ethnicity, and sex differences), thrombosis/smoking, kidney dysfunction and genetics/familia hypercholesterolemia.
