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This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
At the dawn of the new millennium, cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains the leading cause of premature death and morbidity in the industrialised nations. World Health Organisation (WHO) statistics show that in 1999 approximately 17 million deaths worldwide were attributable to CVD, of which 9 million were in the developed nations of the world.