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Volume 33, Nº 3, Maio e Junho 2020

   

DOI: https://doi.org/10.36660/ijcs.20200074

EDITORIAL

The Importance of Cardiovascular Risk in Primary Healthcare

Erika Maria Gonçalves Campana

Rafael Santos Costa





Cardiovascular Diseases (CVDs) are the leading cause of death in Brazil and worldwide, determining increased morbidity and disability-adjusted life years. The implementation of health policies, among them, encouraging healthy lifestyle habits and providing access to primary and secondary CVD prevention measures, associated with the treatment of cardiovascular (CV) events are essential to control CVD in all countries, including Brazil.1

Keywords: Cardiovascular Diseases/mortality; Cardiovascular Diseases/prevention and control; Risk Factors; Hypertension; Life Style; Obesity; Treatment Adherence.