Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death in the US and other industrialized nations. With the aging US population, partly due to increasing life expectancy, it is anticipated that more people with attained older age and consequently be at risk for CVD. Despite advances in medical and surgical management of CVD, prognosis after onset of CVD remains poor for many CVD endpoints including heart failure, heart attack, or stroke. Thus, it is important from the clinical and public health perspectives, to devise effective strategies to prevent cardiovascular disease in the first place. This 3-credit course will provide students with fundamental principles of cardiovascular diseases from underlying physiologic mechanisms to current approach to identify people at risk and prevent CVD. 3 cred.

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