OBSERVATIONS: The challenges in addressing the cardiovascular disease burden in Asia include unique cardiometabolic features of the different populations, heterogeneity of risk factors among Asian countries, differing levels of health literacy and socioeconomic status, suboptimal infrastructure to support preventive care especially in the primary care sector, high out-of-pocket costs, and environmental pollution.
CONCLUSIONS: Asia is a large continent that comprises diverse populations with varying cultures, socioeconomic status, and health literacy levels. Effective preventive cardiology may require differential health care resource allocation and financing models.
OBSERVATIONS: Solutions to address the CVD burden include a cardiovascular risk assessment framework, improving health screening efforts, better cardiovascular risk factor management, novel innovation strategies encompassing targeted lifestyle measures, and strengthening governmental efforts. With the region's wide socioeconomic and other disparities, contextualizing and practical adaptation of various strategies into local practices, especially in low-middle-income countries, will determine the success of CVD prevention efforts.
CONCLUSIONS: A differential approach addressing cardiovascular risk factor screening, prevention, and management that considers the context-specific socioeconomic, governmental, and cultural aspects in diverse Asian populations may help reduce the rapidly rising CVD trajectory in Asia.