Current epidemiologic predictions show that the world is heading for a vascular tsunami of
pandemic proportions. The number of people at high risk from cardiovascular disease is …

Epidemiologic investigation of coronary heart disease (CHD) continues to yield additional
important risk factors. CHD is best conceptualized as a multifactorial process, with no …

The natural history of the atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseases is reviewed in terms of the
risk factor parameters in the Framingham Heart Study population over a period of 18 years …

Although cardiovascular disease remains the leading cause of death in the United States, its
incidence has decreased steadily during the past 20 years. This trend is largely attributable …

Epidemiology involves the study of disease frequency and its determinants within the
population. Cardiovascular epidemiology began in the 1930s as a result of changes …

Basic concepts of epidemiology are presented with an update on the more than 270 factors
that the authors have found suggested as contributors to cardiovascular disease risk. A …

Heart Journal. In the inaugural issue of that journal, in October 1925, Dr Conner wrote that
the “newly awakened interest in disorders of the cardiovascular system” has rapidly led to …

This article presents prediction equations for several cardiovascular disease endpoints,
which are based on measurements of several known risk factors. Subjects (n= 5573) were …

Epidemiology involves the study of disease frequency and its determinants within the
population. Cardiovascular epidemiology began in the 1930s as a result of changes …

Despite major advances in the diagnosis and treatment of atherosclerotic cardiovascular
disease (CVD) in the past century, it remains a serious clinical and public health problem …