Barunwalds Heart Disease
Pengarang : Bonow, Robert O.
Tahun Terbit : 2009.
Cardiovascular diseases is the greatest scourge effecting the industrialized nations, As with previous scourges-bubonic plague, yellow fever, and smallpox-cardiovascular diseases not only strikes down a significant fraction of the population without warning but also causes prolonged suffering and disability in an even larger number. In the United States alone, despite recent encouraging declines, cardiovascular diseases is still responsible for almost 1 million fatalities each year and more than half of all deaths; almost 5 million persons afflicted with cardiovascular diseases are hospitalized each year.