To the Editor:Coronary artery disease(CAD)remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide.[1]Atherosclerosis is a slowly progressive process;therefore,effective secondary prevention is commonly recommende...To the Editor:Coronary artery disease(CAD)remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide.[1]Atherosclerosis is a slowly progressive process;therefore,effective secondary prevention is commonly recommended to halt or delay the progression of atherosclerosis toward subsequent cardiovascular events.[2]However,despite recent advances in medical and interventional therapies,patients with coronary atherosclerotic heart disease are still at high risk of cardiovascular events,resulting in an increasing global health expenditure.展开更多
基金This work was supported in part by grants from the Chinese Natural Science Foundation(Nos.N82170275 and 82000420)Health Care Science Foundation(No.21BJZ06)+1 种基金Strengthening Foundation Plan(No.23M3001)Shanghai Talent Development Fund(No.2021064).
文摘To the Editor:Coronary artery disease(CAD)remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide.[1]Atherosclerosis is a slowly progressive process;therefore,effective secondary prevention is commonly recommended to halt or delay the progression of atherosclerosis toward subsequent cardiovascular events.[2]However,despite recent advances in medical and interventional therapies,patients with coronary atherosclerotic heart disease are still at high risk of cardiovascular events,resulting in an increasing global health expenditure.
