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Examines in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

Risk Factors and Cardiovascular Disease of Urban Population

  • Open or CloseAny Docu A1* and Daniel DA2

    1 Department of General Medicine, Romania

    2 Department of Kinethoteraphy, Romania

    *Corresponding author:Any Docu A, Department of General Medicine, Constanta, Romania

Submission: March 18, 2019; Published: April 18, 20199

DOI: 10.31031/EPMR.2019.02.000538

ISSN: 2637-7934
Volume2 Issue3

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This article provides an overview of the global burden of cardiovascular disease. It discusses the increase in cardiovascular and other chronic diseases; and then provides estimates of the burden of cardiovascular diseases (CVD) with specific focus on the developing countries and the difference between rural and urban areas, the main differences being the different life-style, each one including specific risk factors. The second part of this article describes the burden of CVD by specific region or ethnic group, the relevant risk factors, and possible strategies for prevention.

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