Condition Women Men Spontaneous coronary artery dissection More Autoimmune-related cardiovascular disease More Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction More Takotsubo cardiomyopathy More Benefit from cardiac resynchronization therapy Greater Sudden cardiac…
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015Jadelson Andrade, Fausto Pinto and Donna Arnett (eds.)Prevention of Cardiovascular Diseases10.1007/978-3-319-22357-5_13 Genetics of Cardiovascular Disease Steven A. Claas1 , Stella Aslibekyan2, 3 and Donna K. Arnett4, 5 (1) Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University…
Routine tests Haemoglobin and/or haematocrit Fasting plasma glucose Serum total cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol Fasting serum triglycerides Serum potassium and sodium Serum uric acid Serum creatinine (with…
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015Jadelson Andrade, Fausto Pinto and Donna Arnett (eds.)Prevention of Cardiovascular Diseases10.1007/978-3-319-22357-5_12 Other Determinants of Cardiovascular Diseases: Social, Globalization, and Urbanization Dalton Bertolim Précoma1, 2 , Jorge Ilha Guimarães2 and Antonio Felipe Simão2, 3 (1) Catholic University of…
Total CV risk (SCORE) % LDL-C levels <70 mg/dL <1.8 mmol/L 70 to <100 mg/dL 1.8 to < 2.5 mmol/L 100 to <155 mg/dL 2.5 to <4.0 mmol/L 155 to <190 mg/dL…
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015Jadelson Andrade, Fausto Pinto and Donna Arnett (eds.)Prevention of Cardiovascular Diseases10.1007/978-3-319-22357-5_6 Physical Inactivity: Preventable Risk Factor of Cardiovascular Disease Evangelista Rocha1 (1) Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Preventive Medicine and Public…
The DALY metric was founded on the principles that: (1) everyone in the world has right to best life expectancy, and (2) differences in the rating of a death or…
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015Jadelson Andrade, Fausto Pinto and Donna Arnett (eds.)Prevention of Cardiovascular Diseases10.1007/978-3-319-22357-5_3 Value of Primordial and Primary Prevention for Cardiovascular Diseases: A Global Perspective Armin Barekatain1 , Sandra Weiss2 and William S. Weintraub3 (1) Internal Medicine,…
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015Jadelson Andrade, Fausto Pinto and Donna Arnett (eds.)Prevention of Cardiovascular Diseases10.1007/978-3-319-22357-5_11 Risk Factors in Childhood and Youth Joep Perk1 (1) School of Health and Caring Sciences, Linnaeus University, 391 82 Kalmar, Sweden…
Fig. 1 Percent decrease in the number of deaths from coronary heart disease attributed to changes in treatment and risk factors in different populations. (Adapted from Di Chiara and Vanuzzo…
