Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, USA
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A Clinical Practise Statement from the American Society for Preventive Cardiology Provides a Definition of Preventive Cardiology
Author(s): Martha Gulati*
Over the past few decades, remarkable changes in science and healthcare have led to a decline in cardiovascular disease mortality, largely due
to advancements in risk-based prevention and treatment. However, as our county experiences an increase in cardiovascular risk factors such
as metabolic syndrome, type 2 diabetes, and overweight and obesity, these trends are beginning to stall. In addition, these trends have been
exacerbated by poor long-term adherence to a healthy lifestyle and life-saving pharmacotherapy, with recent data indicating unprecedented
increases in cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. In order to improve our nation's cardiovascular health, a paradigm shift is required. The practice
of primordial, primary, and secondary prevention of all cardiovascular diseases is known as preventive cardiology, a developing subspecialty of
cardiovascular m.. Read More»
DOI:
10.37421/2329-9517.2023.11.543
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