The increasing burden of cardiovascular disease, along with rising costs, is driving a renewed focus on cardiovascular disease risk reduction. More and more, prevention and population health are in the spotlight in scientific meetings and journals. This high-value, high-return approach to addressing cardiovascular disease has the potential to prevent at least 200,000 deaths from heart disease and stroke each year in the United States. Depending on the geographic region, age-adjusted preventable cardiovascular death rates range from 18 to 182 per 100,000 people. Experts agree that health care providers need to focus on preventive and lifestyle aspects of cardiovascular care to promote individual and population health.
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