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. 2016 Sep;12(3):1645-1650.
doi: 10.3892/etm.2016.3541. Epub 2016 Jul 26.

Epidemiological aspects of heart diseases

Aimin Shi  1 , Ziqi Tao  2 , Peng Wei  3 , Jing Zhao  4
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Epidemiological aspects of heart diseases

Aimin Shi et al. Exp Ther Med. 2016 Sep.

Abstract

Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are the leading cause of mortality worldwide. Coronary heart disease (CHD) is the main cause of mortality in heart patients following stroke, rheumatic heart disease and myocardial infarctions. Approximately 80% of individuals succumb to CVDs, due to poor living conditions in low and middle income families and malnutrition. Infectious diseases, human immunodeficiency, tuberculosis, malaria, high blood pressure or hypertension, obesity and overweight, and nutritional disorders including smoking, excessive alcohol consumption, high salt and sugar intake, as well as other factors are responsible for CVDs and CHDs in young as well as elderly individuals. The focus of the present review are recent epidemiological aspects of CVD and CHD as well as the usefulness of a Mediterranean diet for heart patients and the prevention of heart diseases.

Keywords: cardiovascular diseases; coronary heart disease; rheumatic heart disease.

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