RT Book, Section
A1 Rajab, T. Konrad
A1 Lee, Lawrence
A1 Tchantchaleishvili, Vakhtang
A1 Mehra, Mandeep R.
A1 Byrne, John G.
A2 Cohn, Lawrence H.
A2 Adams, David H.
SR Print(0)
ID 1144150084
T1 The Integrated Cardiovascular Center
T2 Cardiac Surgery in the Adult, 5e
YR 2017
FD 2017
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071844871
LK accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1144150084
RD 2024/04/18
AB Cardiovascular  care  is  the  diagnosis,  treatment,  and  prevention  of  cardiovascular  disease.  Cardiovascular  disease  includes  pathology  of  the  heart  and  the  peripheral  vasculature.  It  remains  the  number  one  killer  in  the  United  States.  The  2010  overall  rate  of  death  attributable  to  cardiovascular  disease  was  235.5  per  100,000.  On  the  basis  of  this  death  rate,  more  than  2150  Americans  die  of  cardiovascular  disease  each  day,  which  corresponds  to  1  death  every  40  seconds.  However,  the  death  rate  attributable  to  cardiovascular  disease  has  declined  by  31%  from  2000  to  2010.1  The  reasons  for  this  include  progress  in  preventive  medicine  as  well  as  better  treatment  of  risk  markers  like  hypertension  and  hyperlipidemia,  timely  application  of  reperfusion  therapy  for  acute  myocardial  infarction  and  better  access  to  cardiovascular  operations  and  procedures.  This  has  correlated  with  a  dramatic  increase  in  the  volume  of  cardiovascular  care.  For  example,  there  were  approximately  6,000,000  inpatient  cardiovascular  operations  and  procedures  in  2000,  which  increased  by  25%  to  approximately  7,500,000  inpatient  cardiovascular  operations  and  procedures  in  2010.1  As  a  result  of  these  trends,  cardiovascular  care  comes  at  a  larger  cost  to  society.  The  total  direct  and  indirect  costs  of  cardiovascular  disease  and  stroke  in  the  United  States  in  2010  were  estimated  at  $315.4  billion.1