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Convergent communicable and noncommunicable heart disease

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The 2011 United Nations summit on noncommunicable diseases (of which cardiovascular diseases are the major component) heralded a new era in global health priorities and strategy. However, clinicians and health administrators alike might overlook the potential convergence of communicable and noncommunicable pathways to heart disease in individuals and communities with cardiovascular risk factors.

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Figure 1: Common pathways to communicable and noncommunicable heart disease.

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Lyons, J., Stewart, S. Convergent communicable and noncommunicable heart disease. Nat Rev Cardiol 9, 12–14 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrcardio.2011.180

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