Coronary Heart Disease: Have We Reached a Plateau in Primary Prevention?

Primary prevention of coronary heart disease.

Primary and secondary prevention trials in coronary heart disease.

Exercise training in primary prevention of coronary heart disease

Coronary heart disease (CHD) remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality, and effective strategies for primary prevention of CHD are critical. Primary prevention of Cardiovascular disease (CVD) focuses on reducing the risk factors in populations who have no evidence of disease but who have dyslipidemia or other cardiac risk factors. Sedentary lifestyle is an established modifiable risk fac...

Primary prevention of coronary heart disease in women.

Despite the fact that coronary heart (CHD) disease is the leading cause of death among postmenopausal women, research on primary prevention of CHD in women has been relatively sparse. Prevalence of CHD risk factors such as cigarette smoking and hypertension remain high among US women. Moreover, common factors unique to women including pregnancy, oophorectomy, menopause, and use of steroid hormo...

Secondary prevention of coronary heart disease in primary health care.

Significant increase in mortality from coronary heart disease (CHD) has been seen in Bosnia and Herzegovina in the past decade. Little is known about current secondary preventive practices and treatments among patients with CHD in primary health care. The aims of this study were to evaluate the components of secondary prevention for CHD and to detect possible gender differences. This trial incl...