Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease

Abstract

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death worldwide. This article focuses on current guidelines for the primary prevention of CVD and addresses management of key risk factors. Dietary modification, weight loss, exercise, and tobacco use cessation are specific areas where focused efforts can successfully reduce CVD risk on both an individual and a societal level. Specific areas requiring management include dyslipidemia, hypertension, physical activity, diabetes, aspirin use, and alcohol intake. These preventive efforts have major public health implications. As the global population continues to grow, health care expenditures will also rise, with the potential to eventually overwhelm the health care system. Therefore it is imperative to apply our collective efforts on CVD prevention to improve the cardiovascular health of individuals, communities, and nations.

Affiliations

¹Department of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA

²Department of Pharmacy, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX, USA

³Department of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA

Author notes

Correspondence: Danny J. Eapen, MD, Department of Medicine. Emory University, 5671 Peachtree Dunwoody Road, Suite 300, Atlanta, GA 30342, USA, Fax: [phone], E-mail: deapen@ 123456emory.edu

Journal

Journal ID (publisher-id): CVIA

Title: Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications

Abbreviated Title: CVIA

Publisher: Compuscript (Ireland )

ISSN (Electronic): 2009-8782

ISSN (Print): 2009-8618

Publication date (Print): September 2016

Publication date (Electronic): October 2016

Volume: 1

Issue: 4

Pages: 379-389

Publisher ID: cvia20160032

DOI: 10.15212/CVIA.2016.0032

Copyright statement: Copyright © 2016 Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications

License:

This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Unported License (CC BY-NC 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. See https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/.

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Subject: REVIEWS