Can we prevent cardiovascular diseases in low- and middle-income countries?

• المؤلف الرئيسي: Claude Lenfant (مؤلف)
• التنسيق: كتاب
• منشور في: The World Health Organization.
• الموضوعات: article
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Ischaemic heart disease, the largest cause of death worldwide, is rapidly becoming a major threat in low- and middle-income countries. Experience in a variety of populations has demonstrated that lowering certain risk factors, such as hypertension and hypercholesterolaemia, reduces illness and death...