Overview
Introduction
According to the American Heart Association, coronary heart disease (CHD) caused one out of every five deaths in the US in 2002. However, the majority of CHD is preventable. Screening, lifestyle changes and drug therapy can reduce an individuals risk of CHD. This is particularly important where there is a clustering of risk factors in the same individual as seen in metabolic syndrome patients
Scope
- Understand the definition of atherosclerosis, its epidemiology, mortality statistics and the burden on healthcare spending
- Understand the risk factors which can be changed or treated to reduce the risk of atherosclerotic disease
- Learn about risk factor screening, global risk estimation and risk intervention measures including therapeutic lifestyle changes and drug therapy
- Appreciate the possibility of multiple risk factors being present in one individual as metabolic syndrome and the link to coronary heart disease
Report Highlights
Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of mortality in the US and Europe. More than one in five deaths are from coronary heart disease (CHD). Moreover the cost of CHD is huge. The American Heart Association, estimates the cost will be $142 billion in 2005 and the British Heart Foundation estimates it costs the UK almost $14 billion per year
The majority of heart disease is preventable through education and identification of risk factors. These include hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, being overweight/obese, diabetes mellitus, smoking and physical inactivity. Guidelines promote a healthy diet, weight loss and physical activity, although drug therapy is recommended where insufficient
Metabolic syndrome is characterized by a cluster of risk factors in one individual. Central obesity and insulin resistance are considered important causative factors. This combination leads to a high risk of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease with an accepted increase in risk of between 1.5 and two times
Reasons to Purchase
- Acquire data on the epidemiology of coronary heart disease to enable sizing of the market opportunity
- Understand how to target your product portfolio to the risk factors associated with coronary heart disease
- Understand the potential market in metabolic syndrome patients of targeting multiple risk factors in the same individual
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