Heart disease and stroke statistics—2017 update: a report from the American Heart Association

EJ Benjamin, MJ Blaha, SE Chiuve, M Cushman… - circulation, 2017 - Am Heart Assoc
Summary Each year, the American Heart Association (AHA), in conjunction with the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institutes of Health, and other government …

The economic burden of cardiovascular disease and hypertension in low-and middle-income countries: a systematic review

A Gheorghe, U Griffiths, A Murphy, H Legido-Quigley… - BMC public health, 2018 - Springer
Background The evidence on the economic burden of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in low-
and middle-income countries (LMICs) remains scarce. We conducted a comprehensive …

[PDF][PDF] Global atlas of cardiovascular disease

H Thomas, J Diamond, A Vieco, S Chaudhuri… - Glob …, 2018 - globalheartjournal.com
The Global Heart/World Heart Federation 1990-2010 Global Atlas of Cardiovascular
Disease (CVD) charted the transition from a global burden of disease dominated by …

Cardiovascular diseases in India: current epidemiology and future directions

D Prabhakaran, P Jeemon, A Roy - Circulation, 2016 - Am Heart Assoc
Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) have now become the leading cause of mortality in India. A
quarter of all mortality is attributable to CVD. Ischemic heart disease and stroke are the …

Diabetes in sub-Saharan Africa: from clinical care to health policy

R Atun, JI Davies, EAM Gale… - The lancet Diabetes & …, 2017 - thelancet.com
Executive summary Rapid demographic, sociocultural, and economic transitions are driving
increases in the risk and prevalence of diabetes and other non-communicable diseases …

Global and regional patterns in cardiovascular mortality from 1990 to 2013

GA Roth, MD Huffman, AE Moran, V Feigin… - Circulation, 2015 - Am Heart Assoc
There is a global commitment to reduce premature cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) 25% by
2025. CVD mortality rates have declined dramatically over the past 2 decades, yet the …

Temporal trends in ischemic heart disease mortality in 21 world regions, 1980 to 2010: the Global Burden of Disease 2010 study

AE Moran, MH Forouzanfar, GA Roth, GA Mensah… - Circulation, 2014 - Am Heart Assoc
Background—Ischemic heart disease (IHD) is the leading cause of death worldwide. The
Global Burden of Diseases, Risk Factors and Injuries 2010 Study estimated global and …

Action to address the household economic burden of non-communicable diseases

S Jan, TL Laba, BM Essue, A Gheorghe, J Muhunthan… - The Lancet, 2018 - thelancet.com
The economic burden on households of non-communicable diseases (NCDs), including
cardiovascular diseases, cancer, respiratory diseases, and diabetes, poses major …

Quantifying the financial burden of households' out-of-pocket payments on medicines in India: a repeated cross-sectional analysis of National Sample Survey data …

S Selvaraj, HH Farooqui, A Karan - BMJ open, 2018 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objective The objective of this research is to generate new evidence on financial
implications of medicines out-of-pocket (OOP) payments for households. Another objective …

Global perspective on acute coronary syndrome: a burden on the young and poor

R Vedanthan, B Seligman, V Fuster - Circulation research, 2014 - Am Heart Assoc
Ischemic heart disease (IHD) is the greatest single cause of mortality and loss of disability-
adjusted life years worldwide, and a substantial portion of this burden falls on low-and …