Journal of Public Health Medicine 21:464-467 (1999)
© 1999 Faculty of Public Health Medicine of the Royal Colleges of Physicians of the United Kingdom
Royal college of physicians of Edinburgh, consensus conference on lipid lowering to prevent vascular event, 17 and 18 March 1999
C Panel
Coronary heart disease (CHD) is the most common cause of death in both men and women in the UK and the prevalence of CHD is amongst the highest in the world. It is a chronic progressive condition with its inception in childhood.
An effective strategy for combating CHD needs action both at a population level and directed at high risk individuals.