The importance of continuing surveillance of risk factors for prevention of cardiovascular diseases

摘要: After peaking in the 1960s’, cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) have shown a consistent decline western countries recent decades [1].Despite this,CVDs remain major cause of mortality and morbidity industrialized populations, with relevant associated socio-economical issues, while their incidence is increasing developing countries. Several factors likely contributed to reduced CVDs societies, including an increase education attention health lifestyle changes improvement diagnostic facilities therapeutic tools. Epidemiologic studies played outstanding role CVDs. Indeed, they allowed for identification habits conditions which expose healthy subjects increased risk development atherosclerosis its complications They also led implementation appropriate programs campaigns aimed at fighting identified by means diet use specific drug treatments. In particular, tight control prevention hypertension, smoking hypercholesterolemia has largely reduction CVDs, accounting more than 50% from 1960s’ 1990s’ [2].This approach was crucial improving clinical outcomes secondary