Coronary Heart Disease: Pandemic in a True Sense

Journal of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Research

Prateek Saurabh Shrivastava¹  Saurabh RamBihariLal Shrivastava¹  Jegadeesh Ramasamy¹ 

[1]Department of Community Medicine, Shri Sathya Sai Medical College & Research Institute, Kancheepuram, India$$

关键词: Coronary Heart Disease;    Prevention;    Public Health;   

DOI  :  10.5681/jcvtr.2013.026

学科分类：农业科学（综合）

来源: Tabriz University of Medical Sciences and Health Services

【 摘 要 】

Cardiovascular diseases are caused because of abnormalities in the heart and blood vessels. Recent trends reveal that the incidence of coronary heart disease (CHD) has gradually decreased in many developed countries, but the situation remains quite challenging in developing nations that account for more than 60% of the global burden. Multiple socio-demographic, personal, physician related and healthcare delivery system related factors have been identified which act in variable combinations to either influence the incidence of CHD or affect the short/long-term outcome of the disease. Of all CHD cases who succumb within 28 days of onset of symptoms, almost 67% fail to reach even a hospital. This clearly signifies the importance of primary prevention and early recognition of the warning signs in averting cause-specific mortality. The main priority is to develop cost-effective equitable health care innovations in CHD prevention and to monitor the trend of CHD so that evidence-based interventions can be formulated. To conclude, inculcating health-promoting behaviors in school children and the general population by means of community-based health screening and education interventions could avert many more deaths attributed to CHDs.

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