Our time: a call to save preventable death from cardiovascular disease (heart disease and stroke) | Zendy

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Our time: a call to save preventable death from cardiovascular disease (heart disease and stroke)

Author(s) -

Sidney C. Smith,

Amy Collins,

Roberto Ferrari,

David R. Holmes,

Susanne Løgstrup,

D McGhie,

Johanna Ralston,

Ralph L. Sacco,

H. Stam,

Kathryn A. Taubert,

David A. Wood,

William A. Zoghbi

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

european heart journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 4.336

H-Index - 293

eISSN - 1522-9645

pISSN - 0195-668X

DOI - 10.1093/eurheartj/ehs313

Subject(s) - medicine , stroke (engine) , disease , heart disease , intensive care medicine , cardiology , medical emergency , mechanical engineering , engineering

Worldwide, the aging population, globalization, rapid urbanization, and population growth have fundamentally changed disease patterns. Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), of which cardiovascular disease (CVD) accounts for nearly half, have overtaken communicable diseases as the world's major disease burden. CVD remains the No. 1 global cause of death, accounting for 17.3 million deaths per year, a number that is expected to grow to >23.6 million by 2030. Increasingly, the populations affected are those in low- and middle-income countries, where 80% of these deaths occur, usually …

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