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Cardiovascular disease remains a major cause of premature death globally, with decreasing rates in Western countries but increasing rates in developing nations.
Over the last 30–40 years in most Western countries, for the first time the number of people developing coronary artery disease (CAD) and mortality rates from cardiovascular disease has gradually decreased. This reduction has been mainly achieved using nationwide atherosclerotic risk-factor control programmes. Nevertheless, cardiovascular diseases remain the major cause of premature death in the US and Europe.1 However, in many Eastern and developing countries a tremendous increase in CAD is documented.
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