From cardiovascular disease to cardiovascular health: a quiet revolution?

DR Labarthe - Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, 2012 - Am Heart Assoc
DR Labarthe
Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, 2012Am Heart Assoc
Background Two points may be helpful as background to this essay. One is to note that
public health revolutions have occurred previously but never before with such clear
implications for CVH. The second is to highlight several nodal points in development of
concepts of health, which give this postulated revolution its meaning and significance. Some
of the more no table signposts along the road to revolution are highlighted in this review
(Table). 2– 22
Background
Two points may be helpful as background to this essay. One is to note that public health revolutions have occurred previously but never before with such clear implications for CVH. The second is to highlight several nodal points in development of concepts of health, which give this postulated revolution its meaning and significance. Some of the more no table signposts along the road to revolution are highlighted in this review (Table). 2– 22
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