Optimizing Cardiovascular Health Worldwide

Promoting cardiovascular health worldwide: strategies, challenges, and opportunities.

Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in the world, affecting not only industrialized but, above all, low- and middle-income countries, where it has overtaken infectious diseases as the first cause of death and its impact threatens social and economic development. The increased prevalence of cardiovascular disease in recent years together with projected mortality for the coming d...

Worldwide Exposures to Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Associated Health Effects

Ischemic heart disease (IHD), stroke, and other cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are responsible for an estimated 17.5 million deaths worldwide per year, although the estimates of their burden vary across studies because of differences in data sources and methods. Furthermore, as data and methods evolve, estimates are revised and refined, even for previous years. In high-income Asian and Western ...

Prediction of cardiovascular disease worldwide.

The Role of Nurses in Promoting Cardiovascular Health Worldwide: The Global Cardiovascular Nursing Leadership Forum.

From the *University of Massachusetts, Boston, M Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine, chusetts Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; Research Center, Cardiovascular Medicine and Co Redwood City, California; zSchool of Nursing, Broo University of North Florida, Jacksonville, Florid University School of Medicine and The LifeCare C California. The Global Cardiovascular Nursing meeting,...

Mobile Health Devices as Tools for Worldwide Cardiovascular Risk Reduction and Disease Management.

We examined evidence on whether mobile health (mHealth) tools, including interactive voice response calls, short message service, or text messaging, and smartphones, can improve lifestyle behaviors and management related to cardiovascular diseases throughout the world. We conducted a state-of-the-art review and literature synthesis of peer-reviewed and gray literature published since 2004. The ...