The Upcoming Epidemic of Heart Failure in South Asia
Martinez-Amezcua P, Haque W, Khera R, Kanaya AM, Sattar N, Lam CSP, Harikrishnan S, Shah SJ, Kandula NR, Jose PO, Narayan KMV, Agyemang C, Misra A, Jenum AK, Bilal U, Nasir K, Cainzos-Achirica M. The Upcoming Epidemic of Heart Failure in South Asia. Circulation Heart Failure 2020, 13: e007218. PMID: 32962410, DOI: 10.1161/circheartfailure.120.007218.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsConceptsType 2 diabetes mellitusHeart failureCoronary heart diseaseHeart diseaseHF epidemicDiabetes mellitusEarly type 2 diabetes mellitusLifestyle-related risk factorsPrognosis of HFPremature coronary heart diseasePremature heart failurePrevalent heart failureRheumatic heart diseaseSouth AsiansAbdominal obesityGeneral obesitySouth Asian populationRisk factorsDramatic healthGlobal burdenRecent studiesUrgent interventionUnderrecognized threatTobacco productsUpcoming epidemic