15754. CORONARY HEART DISEASE (CHD): RISK FACTORS, INDICATORS AND PATHOGENESIS. This paper provides an overview and analysis of the known and emerging risk factors and indicators for coronary heart disease as well as an overview of the pathogenesis of this major killer. The investigation begins with a definition and overview of established risk factors and indicators of CHD, including unmodifiable factors such as genetic predisposition and modifiable or semi-modifiable factors such as hypertension. Also included is a special emphasis on the growing consensus that atherosclerosis is an inflammatory disease and the consequent emergence of inflammatory indicators (e.g., C-reactive protein) as important risk factors and/or predictors of CHD. KEYWORDS: heart disease term paper coronary heart artery antherosclerosis risk factors pathology symptoms. 19 pages, 59 footnotes, 25 bibliographic sources. 5,022 words.