RT Book, Section
A1 Loscalzo, Joseph
A2 Jameson, J. Larry
A2 Fauci, Anthony S.
A2 Kasper, Dennis L.
A2 Hauser, Stephen L.
A2 Longo, Dan L.
A2 Loscalzo, Joseph
SR Print(0)
ID 1155972791
T1 Approach to the Patient with Possible Cardiovascular Disease
T2 Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 20e
YR 2018
FD 2018
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781259644016
LK accesspharmacy.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1155972791
RD 2024/04/20
AB Cardiovascular  diseases  comprise  the  most  prevalent  serious  disorders  in  industrialized  nations  and  are  a  rapidly  growing  problem  in  developing  nations  (Chap.  233).  Age-adjusted  death  rates  for  coronary  heart  disease  have  declined  by  two-thirds  in  the  last  four  decades  in  the  United  States,  reflecting  the  identification  and  reduction  of  risk  factors  as  well  as  improved  treatments  and  interventions  for  the  management  of  coronary  artery  disease,  arrhythmias,  and  heart  failure.  Nonetheless,  cardiovascular  diseases  remain  the  most  common  causes  of  death,  responsible  for  35%  of  all  deaths,  almost  1  million  deaths  each  year.  Approximately  one-fourth  of  these  deaths  are  sudden.  In  addition,  cardiovascular  diseases  are  highly  prevalent,  diagnosed  in  80  million  adults,  or  ~35%  of  the  adult  population.  The  growing  prevalence  of  obesity  (Chap.  395),  type  2  diabetes  mellitus  (Chap.  396),  and  metabolic  syndrome  (Chap.  401),  which  are  important  risk  factors  for  atherosclerosis,  now  threatens  to  reverse  the  progress  that  has  been  made  in  the  age-adjusted  reduction  in  the  mortality  rate  of  coronary  heart  disease.