How Should We Approach Cardiovascular Disease in Asia: Public Health Perspectives?

Ohira T Iso H . Cardiovascular disease epidemiology in Asia—an overview. Circ J. 2013;77:1646-1652.

Irawati SR Wasir A Schmidt AF , et al. Long-term incidence and risk factors of cardiovascular events in Asian populations: systematic review and meta-analysis of population-based cohort studies. Curr Med Res Opin. 2019;35:291-299.

World Health Organization. Noncommunicable diseases. https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/noncommunicable-diseases. Accessed April 17, 2019.

Ogata S Nishimura K Guzman-Castillo M , et al. Explaining the decline in coronary heart disease mortality rates in Japan: contributions of changes in risk factors and evidence-based treatments between 1980 and 2012. Int J Cardiol. 2019;291:183-188.

O’Flaherty M Allender S Taylor R Stevenson C Peeters A Capewell S . The decline in coronary heart disease mortality is slowing in young adults (Australia 1976-2006): a time trend analysis. Int J Cardiol. 2012;158:193-198.

World Health Organization. Saving Lives, Spending Less: a Strategic Response to Noncommunicable Diseases. Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organization; 2018. https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/272534/WHO-NMH-NVI-18.8-eng.pdf?ua=1. Accessed June 7, 2019.

World Health Organization. Time to Deliver: Report of the WHO Independent High-Level Commission on Noncommunicable Diseases. Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organization; 2018. https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/272710/9789241514163-eng.pdf?ua=1. Accessed June 7, 2019.

Thomas H Diamond J Vieco A , et al. Global atlas of cardiovascular disease 2000-2016: the path to prevention and control. Glob Heart. 2018;13:143-163.

Rosengren A Smyth A Rangarajan S , et al. Socioeconomic status and risk of cardiovascular disease in 20 low-income, middle-income, and high-income countries: the Prospective Urban Rural Epidemiologic (PURE) study. Lancet Glob Health. 2019;7:e748-e760.

Pandian JD Gall SL Kate MP , et al. Prevention of stroke: a global perspective. Lancet. 2018;392:1269-1278.

Selak V Webster R Stepien S , et al. Reaching cardiovascular prevention guideline targets with a polypill-based approach: a meta-analysis of randomised clinical trials. Heart. 2019;105:42-48.

Lee ES Vedanthan R Jeemon P , et al. Quality improvement for cardiovascular disease care in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review. PLoS One. 2016;11:e0157036.

Zilla P Yacoub M Zühlke L , et al. Global unmet needs in cardiac Surgery. Glob Heart. 2018;13:293-303.

Lee JH Kim ED Jun EJ Yoo HS Lee JW . Analysis of trends and prospects regarding stents for human blood vessels. Biomater Res. 2018;22:8.