Socioeconomic impact of cardiovascular disease

• Author(s): Pereira, Ernesto ; Pereira, Helder
• Date: 2020
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10451/44903
• Origin: Repositório da Universidade de Lisboa
• Document Type: Journal article
• Language: English
• Contributor(s): Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto da ULisboa

Description

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains one of the leading causes of mortality and morbidity in developed countries. Nevertheless, in recent years, mortality associated with diseases of the circulatory system has decreased steadily across several European Union (EU) member states. This change may, at least in part, be due to increased screening and awareness of appropriate and timely treatment procedures, as well as to changes in patients’ lifestyles.