Abbildung 50: EUROPA-Studie - KHK
Out of 56 million deaths worldwide in 2001, burden of coronary disease is accounted for 29 % of them, causing deaths in total for 16 million people. In 2020, 37 % of deaths are foreseen as CV deaths. In the European Union, there are 20 million people at risk who have coronary artery disease. Prof. Kim Fox, at the EUROPA study presentation commented that "investigators were particularly excited because the disease they are talking about is the most important disease, and every improvement they can make will have a great impact on the health care in the western world."