Risk factor OR (CI 99 %) PAR (99 % CI) Apo-B/ApoA-1 3.25 (2.81–3.76) 49.2 (43.8–54.5) Smoking 2.87 (2.58–3.19) 35.7 (32.5–39.1) Diabetes 2.37 (2.07–2.71) 9.9 (8.5–11.5) Hypertension 1.91 (1.74–2.10) 17.9 (15.7–20.4)…
Fig. 1 Strategies for prevention of Chagas disease [28] Primary prevention seeks to avoid the occurrence of new infections, i.e., to eliminate the risk of infection of exposed individuals and…
Fig. 1 Time-course of cardiovascular mortality in the United States [2] with an overlay of important prevention research phases from the 1940s until today Major Historic Trajectories of Research in…
Mortality and morbidity Indicator Premature mortality from noncommunicable disease Target: A 25 % relative reduction in overall mortality from cardiovascular diseases, cancer, diabetes, or chronic respiratory diseases. • Unconditional probability…
Fig. 1 Atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter data from the tele-ECG system. AFRVR atrial fibrillation with rapid ventricular response (DeMoraes et al. [7]) Stroke and Other Complications in AF The…
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015Jadelson Andrade, Fausto Pinto and Donna Arnett (eds.)Prevention of Cardiovascular Diseases10.1007/978-3-319-22357-5_24 Frugal Innovation: Solutions for Sustainable Global Cardiovascular Health Donna K. Arnett1, 2 and Steven A. Claas3 (1) Department of Epidemiology, School of Public…
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015Jadelson Andrade, Fausto Pinto and Donna Arnett (eds.)Prevention of Cardiovascular Diseases10.1007/978-3-319-22357-5_23 Social Mobilization for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention and Control Carlos Alberto Machado1 (1) Cardiovascular Health Promotion from the Brazilian Society of Cardiology,…
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015Jadelson Andrade, Fausto Pinto and Donna Arnett (eds.)Prevention of Cardiovascular Diseases10.1007/978-3-319-22357-5_22 Individual Interventions for Prevention and Control of CVDs Pantaleo Giannuzzi1 (1) Department of Cardiology, Salvatore Maugeri Foundation – IRCCS, Scientific…
Fig. 1 Prevention and control of CVDs—what works? Acknowledgements We would like to give thanks to Svetlana Mosteoru, MD, for the outstanding help in the process of writing this chapter….
Major criteria Minor criteria Carditis Fever Arthritis Arthralgia Chorea Elevation of inflammatory markers (ESR, CRP) Eritema marginatum Prolonged PR interval in the ECG Subcutaneous nodulous Evidence of GAS infection Adapted…
