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Start date: Feb 16, 2017 End date: Feb 19, 2017
Statement of Need - A key strategy for addressing heart disease and stroke is to educate the public and healthcare practitioners about the importance of prevention. When healthcare providers perform consistent risk factor assessments, more patients can be properly diagnosed and medically managed to prevent cardiovascular disease. Both primary and secondary prevention, as well as new developments… View more
Author(s): Freek WA Verheugt Added: 3 years ago
The yearly incidence of stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) is approximately 5%,1 which is five times higher than in comparable populations in sinus rhythm (SR). The stroke risk largely depends on the underlying heart disease. In 'lone' AF (absence of heart disease) the stroke risk is only 0.5% per year,2 whereas in AF associated with rheumatic valvular heart disease (VHD), like… View more
Author(s): Freek WA Verheugt Added: 3 years ago
The yearly incidence of stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) is approximately 5%, which is five times higher than in comparable populations in sinus rhythm (SR). The stroke risk largely depends on the underlying heart disease. In 'lone' AF (absence of heart disease) the stroke risk is only 0.5% per year, whereas in AF associated with rheumatic valvular heart disease (VHD), like mitral… View more
Author(s): Hugo Saner Added: 3 years ago
Coronary heart disease (CHD) is the leading cause of death in most countries. It is also a major cause of physical disability, particularly in the rapidly growing population of elderly people. The prevention of subsequent coronary events and the maintenance of physical functioning in such patients are major challenges in preventative care. Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) programmes were first… View more
Author(s): Hugo Saner Added: 3 years ago
Coronary heart disease (CHD) is the leading cause of death in most countries. It is also a major cause of physical disability, particularly in the rapidly growing population of elderly people. The prevention of subsequent coronary events and the maintenance of physical functioning in such patients are major challenges in preventative care. Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) programmes were first… View more
Author(s): Elijah R Behr Added: 8 years ago
Dr Elijah Behr discusses 'Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death'. This video interview was conducted at the ‘Advances in the Pathogenesis and Management of Cardiovascular Disease’ meeting held at the Royal College of Surgeons in London, UK on the 27th November 2015. View more
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Author(s): Karen R Lui Added: 3 years ago
TodayÔÇÖs medical professional hardly goes a day without reading about or discussing the topic of 'disease managementÔÇÖ. While the term 'secondary preventionÔÇÖ has been around much longer, the newly emerging term refers to managing the chronic illness of large populations. The implications of this rapidly growing strategy are great for the future delivery of secondary prevention services to… View more
Author(s): Richard Hobbs , Terry McCormack , Claudio Cricelli , et al Added: 3 years ago
The interplay between risk factors, the variable influence of any one risk factor and the tendency for risk factors to cluster make the determination of cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk in apparently healthy individuals more complex1 than assessing any single risk factor in isolation. For example, age factors heavily in a patient’s CVD risk; however, a younger patient with multiple factors may… View more