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Review
. 2018 Jun;13(2):83-91.
doi: 10.1016/j.gheart.2017.05.002. Epub 2017 Oct 9.

Challenges and Opportunities to Scale Up Cardiovascular Disease Secondary Prevention in Latin America and the Caribbean

Álvaro Avezum  1 , Pablo Perel  2 , Gustavo B F Oliveira  3 , Patricio Lopez-Jaramillo  4 , Gustavo Restrepo  5 , Fleetwood Loustalot  6 , Andrea Srur  7 , Reinaldo de La Noval  8 , Kenneth I Connell  9 , Salvador Cruz-Flores  10 , Lenildo de Moura  11 , Gabriela Castellac  12 , Antonio C Mattos  3 , Pedro Ordunez  11
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Review

Challenges and Opportunities to Scale Up Cardiovascular Disease Secondary Prevention in Latin America and the Caribbean

Álvaro Avezum et al. Glob Heart. 2018 Jun.
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FIGURE 1.
FIGURE 1.. Health system requirements to achieve secondary prevention targets.
Reproduced with permission from Perel et al. [15].
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