Innovative Ideas: Key to the Future

Innovative Ideas: Key to the Future

In world of today, cardiovascular disease is the greatest threat to human life and health. The pace of current remarkable progress in clinical and basic research during the past decade is such that notable improvement in the quality and length of life, for those at risk for cardiovascular disease, can be confidently predicted. Death rates from cardiovascular disease declined 20% in past 20 years, but today millions of US residents have a history of heart attack, chest pain,or both (American Heart Association). Moreover, cardiovascular disease remains the nation’s leading cause of death, claiming nearly 1 million lives each year.