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

• Autore principale: Claude Lenfant (Autore)
• Natura: Libro
• Pubblicazione: The World Health Organization.
• Soggetti: 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...