Cardiovascular prevention: development strategies

Lipid Management Strategies for the Prevention of Adverse Cardiovascular Events

Accessible online at: www.karger.com/hed As the leading cause of death and a tremendous source of morbidity worldwide [1], atherosclerotic coronary artery disease (CAD) and its treatment and prevention represent one of the greatest challenges facing health care. Aggressive efforts at educating the public about CAD and identifying high-risk individuals as part of primary prevention of CAD are ne...

Optimal cardiovascular prevention strategies for the 21st century.

Non-pharmacological strategies in cardiovascular prevention: 2011 highlights.

The clinical efficacy of cardiac rehabilitation programs is clearly recognized. Yet, as regards the three main currently employed strategies (exercise, education, and psychobehavioral support), new ideas regularly appear, stemming from studies aimed at providing proof of their efficacy and innocuousness, along with optimal modes of prescription and, at times, their cost-benefit ratio. This ongo...

Prevention strategies for cardiovascular disease in HIV-infected patients.

Effective antiretroviral therapy (ART) improves the survival of patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection.1 With increased life expectancy, HIV-infected patients increasingly are experiencing complications of illnesses that are not directly related to HIV infection.2 Cardiovascular disease (CVD), the leading cause of death in the United States,3 recently has been recognized as ...

Cardiovascular disease: different strategies for primary and secondary prevention?

Correspondence to: Professor Richard Hobbs, Primary Care Clinical Sciences Building, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK; f.d.r.hobbs@ bham.ac.uk _________________________ D espite public apprehension over the risks of developing cancer, in most countries the public has more to fear from cardiovascular disease (CVD). Coronary heart disease (CHD) and stroke, the principal manifestat...