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Risk Factors for Heart Disease in Working Railwaymen
American Journal of Men's Health, 2022 Heart diseases are the most common non-communicable diseases worldwide. We examined the prevalence of risk factors for heart disease among a sub-population of working men.
Elena A. Zhidkova +6 more
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Risk factors of heart disease in nurses
Iranian Journal of Nursing and Midwifery Research, 2017 Background: Identifying and correcting the modifiable risk factors reduces the prevalence of coronary artery disorders (CAD). Nurses, with regards to their employment conditions, can be prone to cardiovascular disease (CVD). This study aimed to determine
Mahdi K Jahromi +4 more
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Risk Factors and Predictors of Ischemic Heart Disease Onset in Females
Львівський клінічний вісник, 2013 Introduction. Ischemic heart disease takes a leading place in morbidity and mortality structure among the Ukrainians and in the world. There are certain peculiarities of the onset, course and prognosis of the ischemic heart disease in women. For example,
Sklyarov E., Maksymets T.
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Association between socioeconomic level and cardiovascular risk in the Peruvian population
Revista de Saúde Pública, 2022 OBJECTIVE To determine the association between socioeconomic level and the presence of obesity, hypertension and type 2 diabetes mellitus in the Peruvian population.
Stefany Katherine Cerpa-Arana +2 more
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Hypertensive heart disease: risk factors, complications and mechanisms
Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2023 Hypertensive heart disease constitutes functional and structural dysfunction and pathogenesis occurring primarily in the left ventricle, the left atrium and the coronary arteries due to chronic uncontrolled hypertension.
Sepiso K. Masenga +3 more
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Contemporary aetiology of acute heart failure in a teaching hospital in Ghana
BMC Cardiovascular Disorders, 2023 Background Heart failure (HF) is recognized as a global public health disease associated with high morbidity and mortality. It is suggested that the main underlying causes of HF in developing countries differ from those identified in well-resourced ...
Francis Agyekum +7 more
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Journal of Education, Health and Sport, 2017 Admission. Currently, the main cause of disability, morbidity and premature death in developed countries is cardiovascular disease. This problem mainly affects Central and Eastern European countries [7,9]. Aim of the study.
Ewa Krzyżanowska +7 more
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BMC Cardiovascular Disorders, 2021 Background Ischaemic heart disease (IHD) often develops after decades of preceding subclinical coronary atherosclerosis. Biomarkers are useful prognostic predictors of IHD, but their long-term predictive value in a general population has not been ...
Maria Sakalaki +5 more
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Environmental Risk Factors for Congenital Heart Disease [PDF]
Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology, 2019 Congenital heart disease (CHD) has many forms and a wide range of causes. Clinically, it is important to understand the causes. This allows estimation of recurrence rate, guides treatment options, and may also be used to formulate public health advice to reduce the population prevalence of CHD.
Kalisch-Smith, J, Ved, N, Sparrow, D
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Awareness of risk factors for coronary heart disease in patients after myocardial infarction
Journal of Education, Health and Sport, 2016 Admission. Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of morbidity and mortality both in Poland and in the world. According to the World Health Organization (WHO) mortality due to coronary heart disease will increase in 2020 to 11.1 million.
Katarzyna Sawicka +6 more
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