Ailin Barseghian

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Introduction Cardiovascular disease (CVD) exists as the leading cause of death globally, especially among adults in most of high-income countries, including the United States and Switzerland (1, 2). In recent decades, the prevalence of CVD has remained high, with approximately 17 million of CVD mortality each year globally (3). Specifically, men have much higher incidence rate of CVD than women (4).