A 25 per cent increase in high blood pressure screening in 19 developing countries would reduce the number of cardiovascular disease (CVD) events and deaths that occur each year by up to 3 per cent in these countries.

Widespread screening of children in poorer countries is now being studied and is resulting in the diagnosis of rheumatic heart disease (RHD) in patients that would likely have gone undetected under normal circumstances.

Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) is significantly under-treated in Africa and India according to the preliminary findings of a new global study presented today at the World Congress of Cardiology.

Preliminary data from new Harvard report presented at the World Congress of Cardiology organized by the World Heart Federation

Women with heart disease are more likely to give birth to female rather than male babies according to a new study presented today at the World Congress of Cardiology.