SECONDARY PREVENTION IN CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES: CLOSING THE GAPS

• Main Authors: Abdolmehdi Baghaei, Mojgan Gharipoor, Mohammad Farhad, Nizal Sarrafzadegan
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Vesnu Publications 2010-12-01
• Series: ARYA Atherosclerosis
• Online Access: http://arya.mui.ac.ir/index.php/arya/article/view/193

<p>non-Communicable Disease (NCD) accounts for a large and increasing burden of disease worldwide. It is currently estimated that NCDs accounts for approximately 59% of global deaths and 43% of the global disease burden; this is projected to increase to 73% of deaths and 60% of disease burden by 2020.¹ In comparison, NCDs in low- and middle-income populations accounts for 78% of the global NCD burden and for 85% of the global CVD burden of disease.² Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) is the most important single cause of NCD, accounting in 2001 for 29% of all deaths and 10% of the global disease burden.³</p> <p>The incidence of CVD has been rising steadily in low- and middle-income populations, so that approximately three-quarters of global deaths from CVD now occur in that populations.⁴</p>