Accession Number:

ADA334052

Title:

Means of Preserving the Main Cardio-Vascular Diseases - USSR -

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

JOINT PUBLICATIONS RESEARCH SERVICE ARLINGTON VA

Personal Author(s):

• Abdullayev, D. M.

Report Date:

1960-11-25

Pagination or Media Count:

10.0

Abstract:

The prevention of cardio-vascular diseases is one of the timely problems of clinical medicine. The urgency of this problem is to be explained primarily by the fact that cardio-vascular diseases, and particularly their main nosological forms hypertension, atherosclerosis and coronary failure, have lately become considerably more frequent, causing a high percentage of disability and mortality. According to the data given by US authors, the cause of death in half of all cases in the US is disease of the cardio-vascular system. A similar situation also exists in other capitalist countries,

Descriptors:

• *CLINICAL MEDICINE
• *CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM
• *CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES
• USSR
• FAILURE
• TIMELINESS
• DEATH
• HYPERTENSION
• ATHEROSCLEROSIS

Subject Categories:

• Medicine and Medical Research

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE