Primary and secondary prevention of coronary artery disease by drug therapy

摘要: Ischaemic heart disease is the commonest cause of death in developed countries, and among most frequent causes morbidity. This remains true despite decline cardiovascular mortality during last two decades certain countries world. Since 1968, declining trends have been observed some industrialized such as United States, Australia Finland.1,2. Other notably England Wales, not shown a until 1979 when cautious downward trend appeared3. Recent papers from Sweden indicate an increase coronary mortality4,5.