Abstract Background Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) is the foremost single cause of
mortality and loss of Disability Adjusted Life Years (DALYs) globally. A large percentage of …

Current global health policy goals include a 25% reduction in premature mortality from
noncommunicable diseases by 2025. In this 2-part review, we provide an overview of the …

Forecasting the impacts of climate change on Aedes-borne viruses—especially dengue,
chikungunya, and Zika—is a key component of public health preparedness. We apply an …

Background Most data on mortality and prognostic factors in patients with heart failure come
from North America and Europe, with little information from other regions. Here, in the …

Background—Ischemic heart disease (IHD) is the leading cause of death worldwide. The
Global Burden of Diseases, Risk Factors and Injuries 2010 Study estimated global and …

Background—Ischemic heart disease (IHD) burden consists of years of life lost from IHD
deaths and years of disability lived with 3 nonfatal IHD sequelae: nonfatal acute myocardial …

BACKGROUND: we aimed to recap and highlight the major results of the Global Burden of
Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study 2010 by mortality and morbidity to clarify the …

Objective To estimate the burden of ischemic heart disease (IHD) stratified by gender, age,
geographic location, and social-demographic status for 21 regions across the world from …

Background There are few data on heart failure (HF) patients from Africa, Asia, the Middle
East and South America. Methods INTER-CHF is a prospective study that enrolled HF …

Introduction 3. Characteristics of atherosclerosis 4. Inflammation cascade involved the
development of atherosclerosis and CHD 5. Predictive inflammatory biomarkers in CHD 5.1 …