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Cardiovascular Diseases as a Public Health Burden

A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Global Health".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 July 2023) | Viewed by 1494

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1. Scientific Center of Excellence for Personalized Health Care, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, HR-31000 Osijek, Croatia
2. Department for Cardiovascular Disease, Osijek University Hospital, HR-31000 Osijek, Croatia
3. Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, HR-31000 Osijek, Croatia
Interests: cardiology; cardiometabolic diseases; obesity; microcirculation

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Dear Colleagues,

Cardiovascular diseases, including atherosclerotic coronary disease, various forms of cardiomyopathy present with heart failure, stroke (ischemic and hemorrhagic), peripheral arterial disease, and metabolic, toxic and infective causes of heart diseases, are the leading cause of global mortality and reduced quality of life.

Although modern diagnostics and treatments are available and improving each year, there are still increasing numbers of deaths and lost years of life globally.

The main causes for this are underrecognized and underestimated diseases such as arterial hypertension, dyslipidemia, obesity and diabetes mellitus. Lifestyle changes and patients' awareness of the disease are crucial for successful treatment.

Prof. Dr. Kristina Selthofer-Relatić
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • arterial hypertension
  • cardiomyopathy
  • diabetes mellitus
  • dyslipidemia
  • obesity
  • vascular changes

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Efficacy and Cost over 12 Hospitalization Weeks of Postacute Care for Stroke
by Hsiang-Yun Chou, Ya-Wen Tsai, Shang-Chun Ma, Shang-Min Ma, Chia-Li Shih and Chieh-Ting Yeh
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2023, 20(2), 1419; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20021419 - 12 Jan 2023
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Few studies have investigated changes in functional outcomes and economic burden in patients in the postacute care cerebrovascular disease (PAC-CVD) program. We, for the first time, retrospectively investigated changes in functional performance and the national health insurance (NHI) cost over 12 PAC-CVD hospitalization [...] Read more.
Few studies have investigated changes in functional outcomes and economic burden in patients in the postacute care cerebrovascular disease (PAC-CVD) program. We, for the first time, retrospectively investigated changes in functional performance and the national health insurance (NHI) cost over 12 PAC-CVD hospitalization weeks and evaluated the therapeutic effects of the PAC-CVD program on the NHI cost. Specifically, the functional outcomes and NHI cost of 263 stroke patients in the PAC-CVD program were analyzed. The repeated measures t test was used to compare functional performance over 0–3 weeks, and a one-way repeated measures multivariate analysis of variance was used to compare functional performance and NHI costs during weeks 0–6 and 0–9. The Wilcoxon signed-rank test was used to compare functional performance over weeks 9–12. Hierarchical multiple regression was used to estimate the effects of functional performance on NHI costs during weeks 3, 6, and 9. Over weeks 0–12, all functional performance measures demonstrated significant improvements. Changes in NHI costs varied depending on whether hospitalization was extended. At any time point, functional performance did not have a significant impact on NHI cost. Therefore, the PAC-CVD program may aid patients with stroke in sustainably regaining functional performance and effectively controlling economic burden. Full article
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