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'''1988''' ''Framingham, USA'' High levels of HDL-cholesterol found to reduce risk of death.
'''1988''' ''Framingham, USA'' High levels of HDL-cholesterol found to reduce risk of death.


1988 ISIS-2 trial  
'''1988''' ISIS-2 trial shows emergency treatment for heart attacks with aspirin and fibrinolytic "clot-busting" drugs saves lives.
shows  
emergency  
treatment for  
heart attacks  
with aspirin and  
fibrinolytic "clot-  
busting" drugs  
saves lives.


1988 Framingham, USA Isolated  
'''1988''' ''Framingham, USA'' Isolated systolic hypertension found to increase risk of heart disease.
systolic hypertension found to  
increase risk of heart disease.


1988 Framingham, USA Cigarette  
'''1988''' ''Framingham, USA'' Cigarette smoking found to increase risk of stroke.
smoking found to increase risk of  
stroke.


1990 Randomized trials showed  
'''1990''' Randomized trials showed that lowering blood pressure lowers the risk of stroke.
that lowering blood pressure  
lowers the risk of stroke.


1990 United Kingdom Meta-analysis  
'''1990''' ''United Kingdom'' Meta-analysis  
of trials by Clinical Trial Service  
of trials by Clinical Trial Service Unit (CTSU) in Oxford showed that lowering blood pressure lowers the risk of coronary disease.
Unit (CTSU) in Oxford showed  
that lowering blood pressure  
lowers the risk of coronary disease.


1991 China Tianjin CVD  
'''1991''' ''China'' Tianjin CVD Intervention Programme community prevention trial led to the creation of non-smoking environments and increased sales of low-sodium seasonings.
Intervention Programme  
community prevention trial led to  
the creation of non-smoking  
environments and increased sales  
of low-sodium seasonings.


1992 Canada The Victoria  
'''1992''' ''Canada'' The Victoria Declaration on Heart Health affirmed that CVD is largely preventable, that there is the scientific knowledge to eliminate most CVD, and that the public health infrastructure and capacity to address prevention were lacking.
Declaration on Heart Health  
affirmed that CVD is largely  
preventable, that there is the  
scientific knowledge to eliminate  
most CVD, and that the public  
health infrastructure and capacity  
to address prevention were  
lacking.


1990s USA Hostility (including  
'''1990s''' ''USA'' Hostility (including traits such as anger, cynicism, and mistrust), a major component of type A behaviour, shown to be associated with an increased risk of heart attack and other cardiac complications in healthy persons and patients with coronary heart disease.
traits such as anger, cynicism, and  
mistrust), a major component of  
type A behaviour, shown to be  
associated with an increased risk of  
heart attack and other cardiac  
complications in healthy persons  
and patients with coronary heart  
disease.


1992 China First heart-lung  
'''1992''' ''China'' First heart-lung transplant in China.
transplant in China.


mid-1990s Scandinavia, United  
'''mid-1990s''' ''Scandinavia, United Kingdom, USA'' Remarkable improvement in survival of coronary heart disease patients treated with statins.
Kingdom, USA Remarkable  
improvement in survival of  
coronary heart disease patients  
treated with statins.


1995 Spain The Catalonia  
'''1995''' ''Spain'' The Catalonia Declaration: Investing in Heart Health, and its follow-up convention in 1997, emphasized the importance of investments in heart health and provided examples of many successful CVD prevention programmes worldwide.  
Declaration: Investing in Heart  
Health, and its follow-up  
convention in 1997, emphasized  
the importance of investments in  
heart health and provided examples  
of many successful CVD prevention  
programmes worldwide.  


1998 USA Hypertension gene in  
'''1998''' USA Hypertension gene in men identified.
men identified.


1998 New advances:
'''1998''' New advances: gene therapy grows new blood vessels to the heart; strong confirmation that "superaspirin" IIb/IIIa receptor blocker drugs prevent blood clots; the importance of inflammation in cardiovascular disease recognized; study on the deadly effects of smoking fewer than 10 cigarettes per day.
gene therapy grows new blood  
vessels to the heart; strong  
confirmation that "superaspirin"
IIb/IIIa receptor blocker drugs  
prevent blood clots; the  
importance of inflammation in  
cardiovascular disease recognized;  
study on the deadly effects of  
smoking fewer than 10 cigarettes
per day.


1998 Singapore The Singapore  
'''1998''' ''Singapore'' The Singapore Declaration: Forging the Will for Heart Health in the Next Millennium.
Declaration: Forging the Will for  
Heart Health in the Next  
Millennium.


'''2000''' ''Canada'' The Victoria Declaration on Women, Heart Disease and Stroke addressed the importance of science and policy in action and the need to tackle gender disparities in health. It called upon all stakeholders to join forces and take appropriate action to control the cardiovascular disease epidemic.
'''2000''' ''Canada'' The Victoria Declaration on Women, Heart Disease and Stroke addressed the importance of science and policy in action and the need to tackle gender disparities in health. It called upon all stakeholders to join forces and take appropriate action to control the cardiovascular disease epidemic.
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