To assist those readers searching for scientific evidence supporting the use of natural ways to prevent the onset of cardiovascular disease, NutriSearch has compiled a series of research reports on nutrients and cardiovascular disease. Each report is a compilation of research summaries from scientific studies gleaned from leading scientific and medical journals around the world. These research abstracts provide hard scientific evidence of the power of supplementation in disease prevention.

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Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a group of disorders of the heart and blood vessels.

They include:
• coronary heart disease – disease of the blood vessels supplying the heart muscle
• cerebrovascular disease – disease of the blood vessels within the brain
• peripheral artery disease – disease of the blood vessels to the limbs
• rheumatic heart disease – structural damage to the cardiac muscle from streptococcal infection
• congenital heart disease – cardiac malformations at birth
• deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism – blood clots in the deep-tissue veins of the legs, which can dislodge and migrate to the lungs

Cardiovascular disease is Public Enemy #1, accounting for more deaths globally than any other form of non-accidental death. In 2004, CVD prematurely killed 17.1 million people, representing 29% of all global deaths. It is projected that by 2030, 23.6 million people will die from CVD, mainly from coronary artery disease and stroke, with the largest increases expected to occur in the Southeast Asia region.