心血管疾患の死亡率の曲線を曲げる ベセスダ + 40 以降
David Calvin Goff1, Sadiya Sana Khan2, Donald Lloyd-Jones2
1Division of Cardiovascular Sciences (D.C.G., G.S.W.), National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD.
Circulation
|February 22, 2021
まとめ
冠動脈性心疾患による死亡率の減少は逆転し,心不全による死亡率は上昇しています. 1978 年 以降 の 進歩 を 振り返っ て,心血管 の 健康 を 改善 する 策 を 議論 し た シンポジウム が 開催 さ れ まし た.
科学分野:
- 心血管疾患の疫学
- 公衆衛生政策
- 予防的な心臓科
背景:
- 1978年のベセスダ会議は,冠動脈疾患 (CHD) の死亡率の減少を理解するための枠組みを提供した.
- 最近の動向は,心臓病の死亡率の減少が停滞し,または逆転し,心不全 (HF) の死亡率が増加していることを示唆しています.
- 知識と治療の進歩は,心血管疾患 (CVD) の有害な傾向を完全に止めることができませんでした.
研究 の 目的:
- 1978年のベセスダ会議の 40周年を記念して
- 1978年の会議の成果を評価し,現在のCVDの状況を評価する.
- 心血管の健康を維持し促進し,心血管疾患を予防するための機会を特定する.
主な方法:
- "心臓血管疾患の死亡率の曲線を曲げる ベセスダ+40"シンポジウムを開催しました.
- CVD,肥満,糖尿病の傾向と予測について議論しました.
- 生涯を通して心血管の健康を促進するための課題と障壁を調査した.
主要な成果:
- 総合的なCVDの死亡率は減速していますが,HFの死亡率は増加しています.
- 肥満と糖尿病の流行は 大きな課題となっています
- 早期の介入と観察研究のための枠組みが提案されました.
結論:
- 心血管疾患による死亡率は複雑で 再度注目する必要があります
- 胎児の早期の介入は 長期的な心血管の健康に不可欠です
- 肥満と糖尿病の治療は 将来のCVDの予防に不可欠です
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