The Impact of Financial Crisis in Coronary Artery Disease Burden in Greece.

CONCLUSIONS: The extend of CAD during financial crisis was partially affected. Even though the incidence of ACS was decreased, more women and more patients with no or single vessel disease were led for cardiac catheterization. In addition, the prevalence of traditional risk factors for CAD did not increase except obesity confirming the "obesity paradox". It seems that the impact of traditional risk factors for CAD is not an immediate process and is somewhat related to living conditions or other exogenous and social factors. PMID: 29601956 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Hellenic Journal of Cardiology - April 1, 2018 Category: Cardiology Tags: Hellenic J Cardiol Source Type: research