Friday, Apr. 20, 2012
Science News from the World Heart Federation's World Congress on Cardiology
WCC 2012 | Apr. 18-21, 2012 | Dubai
WCC 2012 Oral Abstracts in Circulation | WCC 2012 Poster Abstracts in Circulation
| Novel approaches in rheumatic valvular disease | |
 | A comparison of mortality between minimally invasive and conventional aortic valve replacement in patients with severe symptomatic aortic stenosis and low risk for conventional aortic valve replacement Gerhard Schymik, MD, Department of Medicine, University Medical Centre, Mannheim, 7III. Medizinische Klinik, Vincentius Kliniken, Karlsruhe, Germany Abstract |
 | Prognostic factors in infective endocarditis Diana O. L. Anjo, Hipólito Reis, Cardiologia, Centro Hospitalar do Porto, Porto, Portugal Abstract |
| Outcomes after acute coronary syndromes | |
 | Long-term Outcomes of Acute Coronary Syndrome in Young Adults: Findings from GULF RACE-2 Mohammad Al-Mohammadi, Department of Cardiac Sciences, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Abstract |
| Care and risk management in nursing | |
 | Distribution of CV Risk Factors in a Convenience Sample of Community Dwelling Kenyans Eileen M. Stuart-Shor, PhD, ANP, FAHA, University of Massachusetts, Boston Abstract |
Related Statistics:
- CVD effects over 36% of US adults and accounts for over 30% of annual mortality in the United States.
- Lifetime risk for developing CVD at age forty is 2 in 3 for men and 1 in 2 for women.
- On average, more than 2,200 Americans die of CVD each day, an average of 1 death every 39 seconds. CVD currently claims more lives each year than cancer, chronic lower respiratory disease, and accidents combined.
- Approximately every 34 seconds, an American will have a myocardial infarction. Every 40 seconds someone has a stroke.
- Learn more in Heart Disease & Stroke Statistics: 2012 Update
