Background—Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death in the United
States and is responsible for 17% of national health expenditures. As the population ages …

Background The Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD) is a
multinational collaborative research study with> 10,000 collaborators around the world. GBD …

A computer simulation model was developed to project the future mortality, morbidity, and
cost of coronary heart disease (CHD) in the United States population. The model contains a …

We live in a world of constant change and evolution, and this is certainly true of health care.
With the passage of time, major changes are occurring in the science, delivery, and funding …

Mortality from coronary heart disease in the United States has fallen 60 percent from its peak
in the mid-1960s. Cardiologists and epidemiologists have debated whether this decline …

• Reductions in the prevalence of major risk factors contributed to about two-thirds of this
decline, whereas the remainder is attributable to treatments.• Over 80% of cases of …

This document details the procedures and recommendations of the Goals and Metrics
Committee of the Strategic Planning Task Force of the American Heart Association, which …

In 1987, the then Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) Policy Model (now renamed the
Cardiovascular Disease (1) Policy Model and extensively internally validated) predicted an …

Background Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are the underlying cause 1.6 million deaths per
year in the Americas, accounting for 30% of total mortality and 38% of by non-communicable …

OBJECTIVE: To examine the potential for reducing cardiovascular risk factors in the United
States of America enough to cause age-adjusted coronary heart disease (CHD) mortality …