Prevalence of Cardiovascular Disease and Atherosclerosis in the US Population

Prevalence of Cardiovascular Disease and Atherosclerosis in the US Population

Introduction

Cardiovascular diseases are the most tormenting problem in the healthcare sector of the United States along with the obesity. It is reported that heart diseases are the biggest cause of death in the people of the US. Around every five out of ten Americans suffer from cardiovascular diseases. In the previous few decades, the rate of the cardiovascular diseases has decreased in both men and women as they give up the intake of tobacco and increased the standard of their nutritional habits. However, this rate became stable in the present years, most probable because of the dramatic increase in obesity in the United States. The most leading cardiovascular disease among the Americans is the Atherosclerosis.

Discussion

History

Atherosclerotic is the most important cause of mortality among the people of the United States. The scientists and researchers found that most of the heart diseases are can be prevented by quitting smoking and improving the nutritional habits. This fact led to the formation of the American Heart Association's initial “Guide to the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease” in 1996 and the revised edition in 2002. This journal does not contain any recommendations and advices for children to prevent from this disease. Many risk factors of atherosclerosis were reported in children, which led to the development of recommendation and guidelines for children to prevent from atherosclerosis.

Atherosclerosis

The term "cardiovascular disease" brings together many different diseases: atherosclerosis, coronary heart disease, hypertension, rheumatic fever, myocarditis, etc. There is no doubt that atherosclerosis is in the first place in this list. Atherosclerosis and its most frequent and serious - cardiac and cerebral - displays known as "price" paid by humanity for its high standard of living in a period of scientific and technological ...