New research out this week could mean a breakthrough in predicting someone's long-term risk of heart disease.

Doctors have traditionally assessed heart disease risk by looking at a patient's cholesterol levels, especially the "bad" kind, but looking at cholesterol alone can miss other key—and often silent—risk factors.

For more on this, KCBS Radio news anchors Bret Burkhart and Patti Reising spoke with Dr. Paul Ridker, director of the Center for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston.

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