title: [What do adults die in Mexico? Impact on the economic and social development of the nation. The global burden of cardiovascular disease].
abstract: Noncommunicable diseases have been established as a clear threat, not only to human health but also to the development and economic growth. Claiming 63% of all deaths, these diseases are currently the main murderer worldwide. The increase in the prevalence and importance of noncommunicable diseases specifically of cardiovascular risk factors such as hypertension, diabetes, dyslipidemia and obesity is the result of a complex interplay between health, economic growth and development, which is strongly associated with universal trends such as the aging of the world population, rapid unplanned urbanization, and the globalization of unhealthy lifestyles.Cardiovascular disease refers to a group of diseases involving the heart, blood vessels, or the consequences of poor blood supply due to a vascular source ill. About 82% of the burden of mortality is caused by ischemic heart disease or coronary heart disease (IHD), Stroke (both hemorrhagic and ischemic), hypertensive heart disease or congestive heart failure (CHF). The Hospital de Cardiología of the Centro Médico Nacional Siglo XXI, serves the call to improve through innovation and technological development this area of health the "tele cardiology" (regulatory center of myocardial code), with clear objectives in the short, medium and long term.
authors.affiliation: División de Investigación en Salud, Hospital de Cardiología, Centro Médico Nacional Siglo XXI, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Ciudad de México, México. mrosas_peralta@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Martín
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rosas-Peralta
authors.forename: Efraín
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Arizmendi-Uribe
authors.forename: Gabriela
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Borrayo-Sánchez
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000191:economics / Q000401:mortality*; D002423:Cause of Death; D017281:Cost of Illness; D003906:Developing Countries / Q000191:economics*; D057217:Economic Development; D006801:Humans; D008800:Mexico / Q000453:epidemiology; D012307:Risk Factors; D012922:Social Change
keywords: Cardiovascular diseases; Heart diseases; Mexico; Risk factors