Staniszewska Anna, Olejniczak Dominik, Smoleńska Elwira, Kielan Aleksandra. Analysis of patients' knowledge on risk factors of cardiovascular diseases and new technology of self-control this factors - especially with cholesterol. Journal of Education, Health and Sport. 2017;7(8):1135-1142. eISSN 2391-8306. DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1038432 http://ojs.ukw.edu.pl/index.php/johs/article/view/4975 The journal has had 7 points in Ministry of Science and Higher Education parametric evaluation. Part B item 1223 (26.01.2017). 1223 Journal of Education, Health and Sport eISSN 2391-8306 7 © The Authors 2017; This article is published with open access at Licensee Open Journal Systems of Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, Poland Open Access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and source are credited. This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited. This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited. The authors declare that there is no conflict of interests regarding the publication of this paper. Received: 05.08.2017. Revised: 10.08.2017. Accepted: 31.08.2017. Analysis of patients' knowledge on risk factors of cardiovascular diseases and new technology of self-control this factors - especially with cholesterol Anna Staniszewska1*, Dominik Olejniczak2, Elwira Smoleńska1, Aleksandra Kielan2 1Department of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland 2Department of Public Health, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland * Author for correspondence: Anna Staniszewska, Department of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology, Medical University in Warsaw, Banacha 1b Str, 02-067 Warsaw, Poland, phone: (+4822) 1166160, fax: (+4822) 1166202, e-mail: anna.staniszewska@wum.edu.pl Abstract Many determinants of cardiovascular risk have been identified. Lack of knowledge about common risk factors of cardiovascular diseases could provoke their underestimation and confer further risk increase. New medical technology helps patient’s by self-care. Key words: knowledge, risk factors, dyslipidemia, cardiovascular diseases, new technology