Interventions for cardiovascular disease prevention.
Cardiovascular disease prevention is a continuum that encompasses the life-course. This article discusses preventive strategies focusing on policy and clinical initiatives including primordial prevention (lifestyle changes involving smoking, diet and exercise), primary prevention (risk factor control), and secondary prevention (acute and chronic disease management). Combined use of all the three strategies can have an immediate and large impact on reducing CVD morbidity and mortality.
Department of Medicine, Fortis Escorts Hospital, JLN Marg, Jaipur 302017, India. rajeevg@satyam.net.in
Rajeev
R
Gupta
Prakash
P
Deedwania
D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D011050:Policy Making; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011322:Primary Prevention / Q000379:methods*; D055502:Secondary Prevention / Q000379:methods*