Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Asia: Challenges: A Narrative Review
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2025-04
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Dalakoti, Mayank
Lin, Norman H Y
Yap, Jonathan
Cader, Aaysha
Dipanker, Prajapati
Lee, Derek
Raja Shariff, Raja Ezman
Cuenza, Lucky
Honda, Satoshi
Malis, Vorn
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IMPORTANCE: Asia is home to 60% of the world's population, including the world's two most populous countries, India (1.1B) and China (1.2B). With cardiovascular disease burden and mortality increasing, the role of preventive cardiology is increasingly important. OBSERVATIONS: The challenges in addressing the cardiovascular disease burden in Asia include unique cardiometabolic features of the different populations, heterogeneity of risk factors among Asian countries, differing levels of health literacy and socioeconomic status, suboptimal infrastructure to support preventive care especially in the primary care sector, high out-of-pocket costs, and environmental pollution. CONCLUSIONS: Asia is a large continent that comprises diverse populations with varying cultures, socioeconomic status, and health literacy levels. Effective preventive cardiology may require differential health care resource allocation and financing models.
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Dalakoti, M, Lin, N H Y, Yap, J, Cader, A, Dipanker, P, Lee, D, Raja Shariff, R E, Cuenza, L, Honda, S, Malis, V, Jiang, H, Hirachan, A, Chimura, M, Yeo, T J, Yeo, K K, Tan, J W C, Tromp, J, Loh, P H, Chew, N W S, Wong, S, Sia, C-H, Tan, B Y Q, Johar, S, Lip, G Y H, Yang, E, Virani, S S, Hageman, S, Liu, H, Di Angelantonio, E, Dorairaj, P, Koh, A S, Chin, C, Al Mahmeed, W, Chan, M Y & Foo, R 2025, 'Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Asia : Challenges: A Narrative Review', JACC: Advances, vol. 4, no. 4, 101670. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacadv.2025.101670