Letter from APSC Section Editor

摘要

Welcome to the first APSC Section of Cardiovascular Disease Prevention and Control.The fast and unabating rise in cardiovascular diseases in the Asia Pacific region requires concerted action by many parties: physicians, researchers, professional medical societies, heart foundations, pharmaceutical and medical device industry, and policy makers.A key step is for the physicians and researchers in our region to inform all of these parties about the current situation surrounding cardiovascular diseases (CVD). The Asian Pacific Society of Cardiology, therefore, launches with this issue the APSC Section. This section provides a forum to communicate with our colleagues so that we may learn from each other and work together.