Background—Trends in cardiovascular mortality across Europe demonstrate significant
geographical variation, and an understanding of these trends has a central role in global …

regions are East Asia and the Pacific, Europe and Central Asia, Latin America and the
Caribbean, Middle East and North Africa, South Asia, and sub-Saharan Africa. The stage of …

The Global Heart/World Heart Federation 1990-2010 Global Atlas of Cardiovascular
Disease (CVD) charted the transition from a global burden of disease dominated by …

Method The Global Burden of Disease Study 2013 produced consistent measures of death
by age and sex for 188 countries for the years 1990 to 2013 for 240 causes of death …

Background This study was conducted to estimate the distribution of and changes in the
global disease burden of ischemic heart disease attributable to smoking between 1990 and …

Abstract Background Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are the number one cause of global
mortality representing about one third of all deaths across the world. The objective of the …

Background Valvular heart disease (VHD) is expected to cause an increase in public-health
problems in the coming years, especially in elderly populations. We aim to estimate the …

According to updated statistics, cardiovascular disease is the first cause of death both in
United States (source: American Heart Association, 2013) and worldwide (data of the World …

Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), consisting of ischemic heart disease, stroke, heart failure,
peripheral arterial disease, and a number of other cardiac and vascular conditions …

Background Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is still the leading cause of death worldwide,
responsible for an estimated 17.8 million deaths globally in 2017, accounting for 31.8% of all …