Cardiovascular disease continues to cause a large proportion of deaths and disability in Europe, with major improvements in recent years but persistent substantial inequalities.
This epidemiological update highlights that while cardiovascular disease outcomes have improved in Europe, it remains a major cause of mortality and morbidity with significant regional inequalities.
This overview provides a Europe-wide update on the current burden of cardiovascular disease, and specifically of coronary heart disease and stroke. Cardiovascular disease continues to cause a large proportion of deaths and disability in Europe, and places a substantial burden on the health care systems and economies of Europe. The overall picture, and the distribution of the burden, continues to evolve in a developing Europe. There have been major improvements in recent years on many measures of cardiovascular disease; however, these improvements have not been universal, and substantial inequalities persist.
Nichols et al. (Sat,) conducted a review in Cardiovascular disease, coronary heart disease, and stroke. Cardiovascular disease continues to cause a large proportion of deaths and disability in Europe, with major improvements in recent years but persistent substantial inequalities.