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Primary and Secondary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease

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Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death globally and recent statistics indicate that the decline in mortality observed in the last few decades is stagnating and even reversing in some populations. Robust research and evidence-based preventive strategies are increasingly necessary to reduce the global burden of this disease. This PLOS ONE collection highlights rigorous research focused on the primary and secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease.

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Erasmus University Medical Center, Netherlands

Guest Editor, PLOS ONE Maryam Kavousi
November 30, 2020
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University of Oxford, UK

Guest Editor, PLOS ONE Jemma C. Hopewell
November 30, 2020
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University of Iowa, USA

Guest Editor, PLOS ONE Jennifer G. Robinson
November 30, 2020
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University of Liverpool, UK

Guest Editor, PLOS ONE Martin O’Flaherty
November 30, 2020
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Hasselt University, Belgium

Guest Editor, PLOS ONE Dominique Hansen
November 30, 2020
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Peking University, China

Guest Editor, PLOS ONE Yangfeng Wu
November 30, 2020
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University of Sydney, Australia

Guest Editor, PLOS ONE Clara Chow
November 30, 2020
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Wake Forest School of Medicine

Guest Editor, PLOS ONE Michael D. Shapiro
November 30, 2020

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PLOS ONE Return on investment of self-measured blood pressure is associated with its use in preventing false diagnoses, not monitoring hypertension
June 18, 2021 Alejandro Arrieta, John Woods, Gregory Wozniak, Stavros Tsipas, Michael Rakotz, Stephen Jay
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Fig 2 by Hanif et al., CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE Ten-years cardiovascular risk among Bangladeshi population using non-laboratory-based risk chart of the World Health Organization: Findings from a nationally representative survey
May 26, 2021 Abu Abdullah Mohammad Hanif, Mehedi Hasan, Md Showkat Ali Khan, Md. Mokbul Hossain, Abu Ahmed Shamim, Moyazzam Hossaine, Mohammad Aman Ullah, Samir Kanti Sarker, S. M Mustafizur Rahman, Md Mofijul Islam Bulbul, Dipak Kumar Mitra, Malay Kanti Mridha

The World Health Organization (WHO) has recently developed a non-laboratory based cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk chart considering the…
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Fig 2 by Vander Hoorn et al., CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE Long-term exposure to outdoor air pollution and risk factors for cardiovascular disease within a cohort of older men in Perth
March 29, 2021 Stephen Vander Hoorn, Kevin Murray, Lee Nedkoff, Graeme J. Hankey, Leon Flicker, Bu B. Yeap, Osvaldo P. Almeida, Paul Norman, Bert Brunekreef, Mark Nieuwenhuijsen, Jane Heyworth

While there is clear evidence that high levels of pollution are associated with increased all-cause mortality and cardiovascular mortality…
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Fig 1 by Anttila et al., CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE Patients’ experiences of the complex trust-building process within digital cardiac rehabilitation
March 9, 2021 Marjo-Riitta Anttila, Anne Söderlund, Tuulikki Sjögren

The development of digital solutions is becoming increasingly important in facing global challenges. Therefore, research on this topic is…
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Fig 1 by Hamooya et al., CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE Prevalence of low high-density lipoprotein among young adults receiving antiretroviral therapy in Zambia: An opportunity to consider non-communicable diseases in resource-limited settings
February 16, 2021 Benson M. Hamooya, Patrick Musonda, Wilbroad Mutale, Sepiso K. Masenga, Hikabasa Halwiindi, Katongo H. Mutengo, Kaseya O. R. Chiyeñu, Gershom Chongwe, John R. Koethe, Loren Lipworth, Douglas C. Heimburger

Background: With the introduction of effective antiretroviral therapy (ART), people living with HIV (PLWH) are surviving longer and are at…
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PLOS ONE Chronic kidney disease and the outcomes of fibrinolysis for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: A real-world study
January 19, 2021 Wuxiang Xie, Anushka Patel, Eric Boersma, Lin Feng, Min Li, Runlin Gao, Yangfeng Wu

Background: In low-resource regions, fibrinolytic therapy is often the only option for ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) patients…
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Fig 1 by Kamath et al., CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE A qualitative, grounded theory exploration of the determinants of self-care behavior among Indian patients with a lived experience of chronic heart failure
January 27, 2021 Deepak Y. Kamath, K. B. Bhuvana, Luke Joshua Salazar, Kiron Varghese, Anant Kamath, Jyoti Idiculla, Prem Pais, Shruthi Kulkarni, Bradi B. Granger, Denis Xavier

Background: Prior reports have documented extremely poor adherence to evidence-based medications among South Asian patients with…
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PLOS ONE Ten-year cardiovascular risk among cancer survivors: The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
March 4, 2021 Xiaochen Zhang, Meghan Pawlikowski, Susan Olivo-Marston, Karen Patricia Williams, Julie K. Bower, Ashley S. Felix

Background: Cancer survivors have a higher risk of developing and dying from cardiovascular disease (CVD) compared to the general…
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Sing Ching Lee

PLOS ONE Is breast arterial calcification associated with coronary artery disease?—A systematic review and meta-analysis
July 28, 2020 Sing Ching Lee, Michael Phillips, Jamie Bellinge, Jennifer Stone, Elizabeth Wylie, Carl Schultz
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Michael W. Gee

PLOS ONE Biomechanical rupture risk assessment of abdominal aortic aneurysms using clinical data: A patient-specific, probabilistic framework and comparative case-control study
November 19, 2020 Lukas Bruder, Jaroslav Pelisek, Hans-Henning Eckstein, Michael W. Gee
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Laney K. Jones

PLOS ONE Barriers, facilitators, and solutions to familial hypercholesterolemia treatment
December 23, 2020 Laney K. Jones, Amy C. Sturm, Terry L. Seaton, Christina Gregor, Samuel S. Gidding, Marc S. Williams, Alanna Kulchak Rahm
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PLOS ONE Socioeconomic and behavioral determinants of cardiovascular diseases among older adults in Belgium and France: A longitudinal analysis from the SHARE study
December 4, 2020 Hamid Yimam Hassen, Hilde Bastiaens, Kathleen Van Royen, Steven Abrams
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Ash Mishra

PLOS ONE Explaining the increment in coronary heart disease mortality in Mexico between 2000 and 2012
December 3, 2020 Carmen Arroyo-Quiroz, Martin O’Flaherty, Maria Guzman-Castillo, Simon Capewell, Eduardo Chuquiure-Valenzuela, Carlos Jerjes-Sanchez, Tonatiuh Barrientos-Gutierrez
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Rajesh Vedanthan

PLOS ONE Proactive prevention: Act now to disrupt the impending non-communicable disease crisis in low-burden populations
December 1, 2020 Benson Njuguna, Sara L. Fletcher, Constantine Akwanalo, Kwaku Poku Asante, Ana Baumann, Angela Brown, Victor G. Davila-Roman, Julia Dickhaus, Meredith Fort, Juliet Iwelunmor, Vilma Irazola, Sailesh Mohan, Vincent Mutabazi, Brad Newsome, Olugbenga Ogedegbe, Sonak D. Pastakia, Emmanuel K. Peprah, Jacob Plange-Rhule, Gregory Roth, Archana Shrestha, David A. Watkins, Rajesh Vedanthan
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Matthew P. Harber

PLOS ONE Trends in cardiorespiratory fitness among apparently healthy adults from the Ball State Adult Fitness Longitudinal Lifestyle STudy (BALL ST) cohort from 1970–2019
December 1, 2020 Matthew P. Harber, McKenzie Metz, James E. Peterman, Mitchell H. Whaley, Bradley S. Fleenor, Leonard A. Kaminsky
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PLOS ONE High prevalence of undiagnosed hypertension among men in North Central Nigeria: Results from the Healthy Beginning Initiative
November 30, 2020 Bolanle Feyisayo Banigbe, Ijeoma Uchenna Itanyi, Elizabeth Odilile Ofili, Amaka Grace Ogidi, Dina Patel, Echezona Edozie Ezeanolue
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Michael D. Shapiro

PLOS ONE Coronary artery calcium testing in low-intermediate risk symptomatic patients with suspected coronary artery disease: An effective gatekeeper to further testing?
October 13, 2020 Tahir Mahmood, Michael D. Shapiro
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Tom Wieden

PLOS ONE J-shaped relationship between cardiovascular risk and efficacy of intensive blood pressure reduction: A post-hoc analysis of the SPRINT trial
October 1, 2020 Armin Attar, Fatemeh Nouri, Roham Borazjani, Mehrab Sayadi
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PLOS ONE Transient risk of ambient fine particulate matter on hourly cardiovascular events in Tainan City, Taiwan
August 21, 2020 Pei-Chih Wu, Tain-Junn Cheng, Cheng-Pin Kuo, Joshua S. Fu, Hsin-Chih Lai, Tsu-Yun Chiu, Li-Wei Lai
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Jong-Il Cho

PLOS ONE Incidence and etiology of sudden cardiac arrest in Koreans: A cohort from the national health insurance service database
November 25, 2020 Seung-Young Roh, Jong-Il Choi, Min Sun Kim, Eun Young Cho, Yun Gi Kim, Kwang-No Lee, Jaemin Shim, Jin Seok Kim, Young-Hoon Kim
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Sadiya S. Khan

PLOS ONE Systematic examination of a heart failure risk prediction tool: The pooled cohort equations to prevent heart failure
November 3, 2020 Aakash Bavishi, Donald M. Lloyd-Jones, Hongyan Ning, Thanh Huyen T. Vu, Clyde W. Yancy, Sanjiv J. Shah, Mercedes Carnethon, Sadiya S. Khan
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PLOS ONE Cardiovascular risk in persons at risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis
August 3, 2020 Laurette van Boheemen, Marian H. van Beers-Tas, Johanna M. Kroese, Lotte A. van de Stadt, Dirkjan van Schaardenburg, Michael T. Nurmohamed
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Horace M. DeLisser

PLOS ONE Food insecurity and hypertension: A systematic review and meta-analysis
November 17, 2020 Sourik Beltrán, Marissa Pharel, Canada T. Montgomery, Itzel J. López-Hinojosa, Daniel J. Arenas, Horace M. DeLisser
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Yajun Liang

PLOS ONE Life-course blood pressure trajectories and cardiovascular diseases: A population-based cohort study in China
October 21, 2020 Yongshi Xu, Jette Möller, Rui Wang, Yajun Liang
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Lianne Parkin

PLOS ONE Statin adherence is lower in primary than secondary prevention: A national follow-up study of new users
November 19, 2020 Finn Sigglekow, Simon Horsburgh, Lianne Parkin
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Darwin Laganzon

PLOS ONE Cardiovascular disease risk among transgender women living with HIV in the United States
July 20, 2020 Bennett J. Gosiker, Catherine R. Lesko, Ashleigh J. Rich, Heidi M. Crane, Mari M. Kitahata, Sari L. Reisner, Kenneth H. Mayer, Rob J. Fredericksen, Geetanjali Chander, William C. Mathews, Tonia C. Poteat

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