The World Heart Federation's vision for worldwide cardiovascular disease prevention
2015; Elsevier BV; Volume: 386; Issue: 9991 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1016/s0140-6736(15)60265-3
ISSN1474-547X
AutoresSalim Yusuf, David Wood, Johanna Ralston, K. Srinath Reddy,
Tópico(s)Health Promotion and Cardiovascular Prevention
ResumoAtherosclerotic cardiovascular disease is the world's number one cause of death and disability, and disproportionately affects individuals living in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs). 1 GBD 2013 Mortality and Causes of Death CollaboratorsGlobal, regional, and national age–sex specific all-cause and cause-specific mortality for 240 causes of death, 1990–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013. Lancet. 2015; 385: 117-171 Summary Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (5239) Google Scholar Cardiovascular disease was recognised as common in high-income countries in the 1960s and 1970s, 2 Dalen JE Alpert JS Goldberg RJ Weinstein RS The epidemic of the 20th century: coronary heart disease. Am J Med. 2014; 127: 807-812 Summary Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (179) Google Scholar but the age-standardised mortality from cardiovascular disease has halved since then, through better prevention (such as lifestyle changes and risk factor control) and wider use of simple but effective treatments for acute events and secondary prevention. 3 Ford ES Ajani UA Croft JB et al. Explaining the decrease in US deaths from coronary disease, 1980–2000. N Engl J Med. 2007; 356: 2388-2398 Crossref PubMed Scopus (2130) Google Scholar However, the use of these proven strategies, even in wealthy countries, is far from optimum and more widespread implementation could further reduce the rates of cardiovascular disease in the next two decades in most high-income countries.
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