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OverviewAs Americans and citizens of other industrializing countries began to enjoy lives of increasing affluence and ease during the first half of the 20th century, a rising tide of heart attacks and strokes displaced infectious diseases as the leading cause of death, killing millions in the United States and throughout the world. Although cardiovascular disease remains serious and widespread, the significant decline of per capita deaths is one of the greatest accomplishments of modern public health and medicine. Death rates from heart attack and stroke have fallen dramatically by 80% in the past 50 years -- the progress has been hard won by a combination of basic and applied laboratory research, broad and far-reaching epidemiological studies by physicians, scientists, and public health experts. Cardiovascular disease is no longer viewed as an as an inevitable feature of the natural course of aging, and complacency has given way to hope. This book focuses on developments that influenced the rise and decline of cardiovascular mortality since 1900, but also includes insider insights from the author, a 42-year NIH employee. Full Product DetailsAuthor: David Gordon , Elaine A. MoorePublisher: McFarland & Co Inc Imprint: McFarland & Co Inc Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 0.80cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.349kg ISBN: 9781476685120ISBN 10: 1476685126 Pages: 277 Publication Date: 30 May 2022 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Temporarily unavailable  The supplier advises that this item is temporarily unavailable. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out to you. Table of Contents"Acknowledgments Preface 1. A Gentle Pandemic? 2. Framingham, Massachusetts 3. Clinical Trials 4. Lowering the Pressure 5. Fighting Cholesterol 6. The Tobacco Bane 7. The Rise of Diabetes 8. ""Good"" Cholesterol 9. The Mother of All Trials 10. Unclogging the Pipes 11. Secondary Prevention Drugs 12. Sudden Cardiac Arrest 13. The Fire Within 14. Diet, Exercise, and Obesity 15. Racial Cardiovascular Health Disparities 16. Wrap-Up Appendix: Details of Calculation of Attributable Declines in Mortality Glossary of Medical Terms and Acronyms Chapter Note Bibliography Index"ReviewsAuthor InformationDavid Gordon is a cardiovascular epidemiologist and an internationally recognized expert on clinical trials, who recently retired after 42 years with the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institutes of Health. He is an author or co-author of 90 peer-reviewed scholarly articles plus invited chapters in 13 medical monographs and textbooks. He lives in Chevy Chase, Maryland. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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