Annals of the National Academy of Medical Sciences
The cardiometabolic continuum: A new approach to prevention and care
By Kewal Krishan Talwar and SV Madhu.
Abstract
Cardio-metabolic disorders include various diseases which may accelerate atherosclerosis and can cause acute/subacute events like coronary artery atherosclerotic disease (CAD), cerebrovascular accident, peripheral artery disease and congestive cardiac failure (CCF).These disorders include diabetes mellitus type 2, hypertension (HTN), dyslipidemia, and obesity.Stress is also an important risk factor.Since last 3 decades the cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality has increased significantly, leading to CVD becoming the leading cause of mortality in both developed and non-developed nations.
Keywords
- Health Promotion and Cardiovascular Prevention
- cardiometabolic disease
- prevention
- cardiovascular disease
- metabolic disorders
- Open access
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