A Plan to Tackle CAD Mortality by 2050

Coronary artery disease is the leading cause of cardiovascular death throughout the world, and a Lancet commission just released a new statement about what it will take to significantly reduce CAD deaths by 2050. - The commission’s original recommendation was to reclassify coronary disease as atherosclerotic coronary artery disease (ACAD). - Now the field is moving away from a traditional focus on the late-stage CAD symptoms and acute cardiac events towards the disease process itself. Based on..