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Cardiovascular disease remains the leading cause of mortality in the United States, accounting for 1 in every 3 deaths and projecting to affect nearly 40% of the population.
Cardiovascular disease remains a massive public health and economic burden in the United States despite recent advances.
Cardiovascular Disease in the Third Millennium: The Threat PersistsBetter understanding of cardiovascular disease (CVD) presentation and pathophysiology has led to the development of remarkable advances in the prevention and treatment of CVD and stroke, and recent data have shown a fall in trends of mortality from CVD. 1 Nevertheless, CVD has remained the leading cause of mortality and morbidity at the beginning of the third millennium, accounting for 1 in every 3 deaths in the United States.2,3 More than 2 million Americans suffer from CVD or stroke each year. 2 According to US 2008 mortality data, 1 person dies of cardiovascular disease every 39 seconds.3 Besides being a major cause of demise and disability, CVD is associated with enormous costs.If the current trends for cardiovascular disease continue, nearly 40% of the US population will experience some form of CVD, with estimated direct and indirect costs exceeding $1 trillion annually.4
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Bikdeli et al. (2012) conducted an editorial in Cardiovascular disease. Cardiovascular disease remains the leading cause of mortality in the United States, accounting for 1 in every 3 deaths and projecting to affect nearly 40% of the population.
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