Through a collaborative effort involving the Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC), the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) and the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington, the global, regional, and U.S. burden of cardiovascular disease and risk factors ranging from high blood pressure to air pollution will be published in JACC starting in 2020.

In a JACC Editor's Page, Editor-in-Chief Valentin Fuster, MD, PhD, MACC; George A. Mensah, MD, of NHLBI; and Gregory A. Roth, MD, MPH, of IHME, outline the reasons behind the collaboration and provide an overview of what data will be presented. Of note, the 15 most common causes of cardiovascular disease deaths (including congenital heart defects) and 13 related risk factors will form the core of data presented.

"Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), consisting of ischemic heart disease, stroke, heart failure, peripheral arterial disease, and a number of other cardiac and vascular conditions, constitute the leading cause of global mortality and are a major contributor to reduced quality of life," they write. "…Taken together with data on CVD and risk factor prevalence, these summary measures of health can be invaluable for cardiologists, other clinicians, and public health experts. They provide crucial population-level information that can guide action for CVD and risk factor prevention, treatment, and control at global, regional, national, and subnational levels."

Learn more about the upcoming study.

Clinical Topics: Congenital Heart Disease and Pediatric Cardiology, Heart Failure and Cardiomyopathies, Prevention, Vascular Medicine, Atherosclerotic Disease (CAD/PAD), Congenital Heart Disease, CHD and Pediatrics and Prevention, CHD and Pediatrics and Quality Improvement, Acute Heart Failure, Hypertension

Keywords: Risk Factors, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (U.S.), Peripheral Arterial Disease, Public Health, Quality of Life, Stroke, Cardiovascular Diseases, Coronary Artery Disease, Hypertension, Heart Defects, Congenital, Air Pollution, Heart Failure

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