As is commonly known, cardiovascular diseases are life-threatening. Virtually all diseases could be life-threatening, but analyzing the background of that belief, we found two major foundations:
Cardiovascular diseases are very common in our society. Everyday life brings us into contact with cardiac-disabled people, and the common awareness about the importance of cardiac failure is fairly high. Unfortunately this awareness does not influence the lifestyle of the people potentially exposed to danger (e.g., genetic preconditions, diet, stress).
Cardiovascular diseases may develop silently and manifest their symptoms as an emergencyemergency. The sudden cardiac arrest and consequent complete impairment of blood transportation function causes irreversible mortal changes in cells in the first two minutes. Therefore every rescue action must be undertaken promptly in such cases.
Many diseases and also the aftermath of accidents meet one of the criteria above. Because cardiovascular diseases meet both of these criteria, their common reception is very serious.