Heart Disease & Cardiovascular Diseases in India

Indians around the globe have the highest rates of premature coronary artery disease (CAD), with clinical manifestations occurring about 10 years earlier than in other populations.  Incidence and mortality rates for CAD are 50−300% higher among overseas Indians compared with compatriots. India has seen a rapid transition in its disease burden (number of cases/lakh) over the past couple of decades. […]

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