Open AccessTHE PROBLEM OF EVALUATING CARDIOVASCULAR RISK IN PERSONAL GEORGIAN POPULATION
Author(s) -
B Tsinamdzgvrishvili,
D. Trapaidze,
Tamar Abesadze,
Lela Sturua,
Nino Sharashidze
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
evrazijskij kardiologičeskij žurnal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2305-0748
pISSN - 2225-1685
DOI - 10.38109/2225-1685-2012-1-57-62
Subject(s) - georgian , epidemiology , medicine , population , environmental health , pathology , philosophy , linguistics
Aim of the study: to analyze the challenges in management of personal cardiovascular risk in Georgian population. Methods: survey of quantitative and qualitative studies of cardiovascular diseases and risk factors in Georgia. Results: • Failure of screening activities in field of cardiovascular diseases • Failure of epidemiological data regarding cardiovascular diseases in female as well as in male subpopulations • Underestimation of lipid profile abnormalities as priority risk factors by patients as well as by physicians.