scholarly journals Should We Be Recommending Vitamin D Supplementation for Hypertension and Cardiovascular Disease Prevention?

2012 ◽  
Vol 14 (11) ◽  
pp. 816-818
Author(s):  
Debbie L. Cohen ◽  
Raymond R. Townsend
Keyword(s):  
Cardiovascular Disease ◽  
Vitamin D ◽  
Disease Prevention ◽  
Vitamin D Supplementation ◽  
Cardiovascular Disease Prevention

Vitamin D and cardiovascular disease prevention

2016 ◽  
Vol 13 (7) ◽  
pp. 404-417 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefan Pilz ◽  
Nicolas Verheyen ◽  
Martin R. Grübler ◽  
Andreas Tomaschitz ◽  
Winfried März
Keyword(s):  
Cardiovascular Disease ◽  
Vitamin D ◽  
Disease Prevention ◽  
Cardiovascular Disease Prevention

The Mediterranean and other Dietary Patterns in Secondary Cardiovascular Disease Prevention: A Review

2016 ◽  
Vol 14 (5) ◽  
pp. 442-451 ◽  
Author(s):  
Demosthenes B. Panagiotakos ◽  
Venetia Notara ◽  
Matina Kouvari ◽  
Christos Pitsavos
Keyword(s):  
Cardiovascular Disease ◽  
Disease Prevention ◽  
Dietary Patterns ◽  
Cardiovascular Disease Prevention ◽  
The Mediterranean

OP139 Attaining Universal Electrocardiographic Diagnosis Coverage Through Telemedicine

2020 ◽  
Vol 36 (S1) ◽  
pp. 1-1
Author(s):  
Pedro Galvan ◽  
José Ortellado ◽  
Ronald Rivas ◽  
Juan Portillo ◽  
Julio Mazzoleni ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cardiovascular Disease ◽  
Disease Prevention ◽  
Prevention Program ◽  
Sinus Bradycardia ◽  
Universal Coverage ◽  
Left Ventricular ◽  
Cardiovascular Disease Prevention ◽  
Public Hospitals ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Health Technologies

IntroductionInnovative health technologies, like telemedicine, offer advantageous telediagnostic apps that can improve the health care of populations in remote regions. However, evidence on how these developments can enhance universal coverage for electrocardiographic (ECG) diagnosis to support a cardiovascular disease prevention program is limited. The utility of telemedicine for attaining universal coverage for ECG diagnosis according to the national cardiovascular disease prevention program in Paraguay was investigated.MethodsThis cross-sectional survey included adults (aged 19 to 80 years) and children (aged 1 to 18 years) with a medical prescription. The study was carried out by the Telemedicine Unit to evaluate the utility of a telemedicine net for a countrywide detection and prevention program for cardiovascular disease. The results obtained by the tele-ECG net, which was implemented in sixty public hospitals countrywide, were analyzed and used to verify adherence to the cardiovascular prevention program.ResultsBetween 2014 and 2019, 331,418 remote ECG diagnoses were performed. Of these, eighty-two percent (n = 270,539) were in adults and eighteen percent (n = 60,879) were in children. Among the adult diagnoses, the majority (52%) were pathological and included sinus bradycardia (13%), right bundle branch block (6%), left ventricular hypertrophy (5%), and ventricle repolarization disorder (5%). Among the children, only twenty percent of diagnoses pathological and included sinus bradycardia (11%) and sinus tachycardia (4%). The mean rate of adherence to the prevention program was 38.2 per 1,000 diagnoses performed.ConclusionsThe results showed that telemedicine can significantly enhance coverage for universal ECG diagnosis to support cardiovascular disease prevention and health programs. However, before carrying out the systematic implementation of such a program contextualization using the regional epidemiological profile must be performed.

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