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Published Online First: 15 May 2006. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.085563
Heart 2006;92:1361-1362
Copyright © 2006 BMJ Publishing Group Ltd & British Cardiovascular Society

EDITORIAL

The cost of cardiovascular disease: rising, declining or staying still?

G Lyratzopoulos

Correspondence to:
Dr Georgios Lyratzopoulos
Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire, Strategic Health Authority, Victoria House, Capital Park, Fulbourn, Cambridge, CB1 5XB, UK; georgios.lyratzopoulos{at}nscsha.nhs.uk

ABSTRACT

Epidemiological, demographic and health technology factors combined are likely to inflate future healthcare CVD costs, with an older and healthier population consuming higher levels of resources required for treatment

Abbreviations: CVD, cardiovascular disease; CHD, coronary heart disease; MI, myocardial infarction; PCI, percutaneous coronary intervention

Keywords: cost; cardiovascular; disease; health; economics


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