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Cardiology
Cardiovascular disease experts urge practice of comprehensive CV risk management
July 21st, 2005
Cardiovascular disease experts issued a call to action at the annual meeting of the European Society of Hypertension urging members of the worldwide medical community to shift treatment practices for cardiovascular disease (CVD) away from treating individual risk factors in isolation to a comprehensive strategy focusing on the whole patient. The call to action was prompted by mounting evidence from epidemiological and clinical trials, which has shown that CVD is a comprehensive, multi-factorial disease most often caused by a clustering of easily measured and modifiable risk factors, including hypertension, high cholesterol, diabetes mellitus, smoking, and obesity, as...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-07-21)
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