Ischaemic heart disease has a multifactorial aetiology and can be prevented from
developing in populations primordially, and in individuals at high risk by primary prevention …

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populations by reducing the salt content of manufactured food. 20 Favourable shifts in the …

Ischaemic heart disease, the largest cause of death worldwide, is rapidly becoming a major
threat in low-and middle-income countries. Experience in a variety of populations has …

In 2005, a global goal of reducing chronic disease death rates by an additional 2% per year
was established. Scaling up coverage of evidence-based interventions to prevent …

The great increase in rates of cardiovascular disease in developing countries will probably
have grave implications for south Asia, which houses nearly a quarter of the world's …

These pocket guidelines provide evidence-based guidance on how to reduce the incidence
of first and recurrent clinical events due to coronary heart disease (CHD), cerebrovascular …

Americans are under assault by a fierce epidemic of obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular
disease, of their own doing. Lowered death rates from heart disease and reduced rates of …

Cardiovascular disease (CVD), particularly coronary heart disease (CHD), remains a major
cause of mortality, morbidity, and disability in the US and other Westernized societies. As a …

Heart attack (ischaemic heart disease or coronary heart disease) as one of a group of
cardiovascular diseases, is one of the main causes of death (over 30 million/year) in the …

Although there is measurable global progress in prevention of cardiovascular disease
(CVD), it has been highly uneven and inadequate, particularly in low-and middle-income …