Despite improvements in cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality, variable geographical and
temporal trends have been observed (1). Previously, we highlighted growing disparities in …

• Between 1990 and 2020, deaths from non-communicable diseases and injury are
expected to rise from 33 million to 58 million annually, with a similar proportional increase in …

AN INCREASE in the incidence of stroke—and the specter of a rising toll of stroke-related
death and disability as the baby boomer generation ages—has brought a new urgency to …

Summary Each year the American Heart Association, in conjunction with the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institutes of Health, and other government …

Association's Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics—2004 Update. The report compiles
statistics for the most recent year that data are available; it notes that CVD killed 931,108 …

Abstract The publication Cardiovascular Statistics–Brazil aims to provide an annual
compilation of data and research on the epidemiology of CVDs in Brazil. The report …

Stroke is the second most common cause of death worldwide and a frequent cause of adult
disability in developed countries (1, 2). Stroke burden on families and society is projected to …

This publication is the latest edition of a series of statistical compendia and supplements that
document the burden of cardiovascular disease in the United Kingdom. This series of …

Stroke is the second leading cause of death worldwide, accounting for 4 million deaths in
2004.1 Cerebrovascular disease is currently the fifth most common cause of death in the …

Background: A cardiac origin in ischemic stroke is more frequent than previously assumed,
but it is not clear which patients benefit from cardiac work-up if obvious cardiac pathology is …