Epidemiology of cardiovascular disease in young individuals

Nature Reviews Cardiology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2018, Pages 230-240

  Andersson, Charlotte ^a,b   Vasan, Ramachandran S ^a,c  

^a FRAMINGHAM HEART STUDY   (United States)

^b GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPID;

AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIETARY INTAKE; DRUG ABUSE; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; OBESITY; OPIATE ADDICTION; PHYSICAL INACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SMOKING; SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMORBIDITY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; ONSET AGE; PREGNANCY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TIME FACTOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COMORBIDITY; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEDENTARY BEHAVIOR; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85040838889     PISSN: 17595002     EISSN: 17595010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrcardio.2017.154     Document Type: Review

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