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<title>Silverbook.org: The Future Economic Cost of Cardiovascular Disease Facts</title>
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<description>Stroke treatment costs are projected to exceed $2 trillion between 2005 and 2050. -- American Heart Association. "American Heart Association Home Page". </description>
<pubDate>Tue, 29 May 2007 14:14:47 -0500</pubDate>
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<description>Coronary artery disease accounts for 51% of all heart disease, and if no preventative drugs are made available, is projected to cost the nation $75.8 billion by 2025, up from $51.9 billion in 1999. -- Steinwachs, Donald M., Ruth L. Collins-Nakai, Lawrence H. Cohn, Arthur Garson, Jr., and Michael J. Wolk. "The Future of Cardiology: Utilization and costs of care". Journal of the American College of Cardiology . Vol. 35, No. 4, pp. 1092-9.</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 27 Apr 2006 13:36:30 -0500</pubDate>
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<description>A recent study demonstrated that the cost of treating cardiovascular disease could rise by 64% to 84% by 2025. -- Steinwachs, Donald M., Ruth L. Collins-Nakai, Lawrence H. Cohn, Arthur Garson, Jr., and Michael J. Wolk. "The Future of Cardiology: Utilization and costs of care". Journal of the American College of Cardiology . Vol. 35, No. 4, pp. 1092-9.</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 27 Apr 2006 13:35:35 -0500</pubDate>
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