American Journal of Preventive Cardiology (Dec 2020)
Tackling cardiometabolic risk in the Asia Pacific region
- Jian-Jun Li,
- Khung Keong Yeo,
- Kathyrn Tan,
- Junya Ako,
- Rungroj Krittayaphong,
- Ru San Tan,
- Philip E. Aylward,
- CarolynS.P. Lam,
- Sang Hong Baek,
- Jamshed Dalal,
- Alan Fong,
- Yi-Heng Li,
- Richard C. O’Brien,
- Si Ya Natalie Koh,
- Daniel J. Scherer,
- Hayato Tada,
- Vernon Kang,
- Julie Butters,
- Stephen J. Nicholls
Affiliations
- Jian-Jun Li
- State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, FuWai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Peking Union Medical College, BeiLiShi Road 167, Beijing 100037, China; Corresponding author. Peking Union Medical College, BeiLiShi Road 167, Beijing 100037, China.
- Khung Keong Yeo
- National Heart Centre Singapore and Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore; Corresponding author. National Heart Center Singapore, 5 Hospital Drive.
- Kathyrn Tan
- Department of Medicine, University of Hong Kong; 4Kitasato University, Sagamihara, Japan
- Junya Ako
- Kitasato University, Sagamihara, Japan
- Rungroj Krittayaphong
- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
- Ru San Tan
- National Heart Centre Singapore and Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore
- Philip E. Aylward
- South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute and Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia
- CarolynS.P. Lam
- National Heart Centre Singapore and Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore
- Sang Hong Baek
- Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, South Korea
- Jamshed Dalal
- Kokilaben Hospital, Mumbai, India
- Alan Fong
- Department of Cardiology, Sarawak Heart Centre; and Clinical Research Centre, Sarawak General Hospital, Kuching, Malaysia
- Yi-Heng Li
- National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan
- Richard C. O’Brien
- University of Melbourne and Austin Health, Melbourne, Australia
- Si Ya Natalie Koh
- National Heart Centre Singapore and Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore
- Daniel J. Scherer
- South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute, Australia
- Hayato Tada
- Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medicine, Kanazawa, Japan
- Vernon Kang
- Singapore Heart Foundation, Singapore
- Julie Butters
- Monash Cardiovascular Research Centre, Victorian Heart Institute, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
- Stephen J. Nicholls
- Monash Cardiovascular Research Centre, Victorian Heart Institute, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia; Corresponding author. Monash Cardiovascular Research Centre. 246 Clayton Road, Clayton.
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 4
p. 100096
Abstract
With the global spread of abdominal obesity, cardiovascular disease continues to spread to all countries of the world. Given the large population, the challenges presented by cardiometabolic risk in the Asia Pacific region are considerable. In addition to the clinical consequences of cardiovascular disease, in terms of its morbidity and mortality, the diversity of the Asia Pacific region brings heterogeneity in approaches to prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cardiometabolic risk. In this manuscript, we will review the current state of knowledge of cardiometabolic risk in Asia Pacific and highlight the needs moving forward to tackle this public health challenge.
