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European Heart Journal 2000 21(11):880-883; doi:10.1053/euhj.1999.1880
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Editorial

The impending global epidemic of cardiovascular diseases

S. Ôunpuu, S. Anand and S. Yusuf

Population Health Section, Preventive Cardiology and Therapeutics Program, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Ontario, Canada

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