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 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.