Cardiovascular Disease In Malaysia

In a report released today by the ministry of health moh and the world health organization who utilising data from 2017 on the impact of ncds and.

Cardiovascular disease in malaysia. Cardiovascular diseases cvd has been the leading cause of death in malaysian since the early 1980s. Coronary heart disease is often referred in short as chd where it happens when plaque is built up within the coronary arteries. The national burden of disease study in early 2000s showed that coronary artery disease cad and cerebrovascular disease cva are the top two causes of death for both men and women. In february 2020 the heart foundation of malaysia thfm organized an event to raise awareness of cardiovascular disease among malaysian women.

The programme was organised by thfm in collaboration with the department of national unity integration dnui of terengganu state terengganu state health department tshd and itedri campus. Kuala lumpur sept 8 non communicable diseases ncds especially cardiovascular diseases diabetes and cancer cost the malaysian economy up to rm8 91 billion from productivity losses annually.