title: The worldwide environment of cardiovascular disease: prevalence, diagnosis, therapy, and policy issues: a report from the American College of Cardiology.
abstract: The environment in which the field of cardiology finds itself has been rapidly changing. This supplement, an expansion of a report created for the Board of Trustees, is intended to provide a timely snapshot of the socio-economic, political, and scientific aspects of this environment as it applies to practice both in the United States and internationally. This publication should assist healthcare professionals looking for the most recent statistics on cardiovascular disease and the risk factors that contribute to it, drug and device trends affecting the industry, and how the practice of cardiology is changing in the United States.
authors.affiliation: University of California, Davis, Medical Center, Sacramento, California, USA.
authors.forename: Lawrence J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Laslett
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Alagona
authors.forename: Bernard A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Clark
authors.forename: Joseph P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Drozda
authors.forename: Frances
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Saldivar
authors.forename: Sean R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Wilson
authors.forename: Chris
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Poe
authors.forename: Menolly
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hart
mesh_terms: D002309:Cardiology / Q000191:economics; D002317:Cardiovascular Agents / Q000191:economics; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000191:economics / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy; D013504:Cardiovascular Surgical Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000639:trends; D006291:Health Policy; D006801:Humans; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D012955:Societies, Medical; D014481:United States; D000078329:Workforce
chemical_list: D002317:Cardiovascular Agents