Emerging trends and challenges of population-based cardiology

This article aims to review international literature on the current trends and challenges of cardiovascular epidemiology, including the emergence of new risk factors. The transformative impact of omics technologies on epidemiology, advantages and limitations of meta-epidemiology, as well as the role of mobile technologies and electronic medical records in maintaining and improving the cardiovascular health of the population are reviewed. Emphasis is given to the importance of continuity between the results acquired in the epidemiological studies and the programs aimed at the improvement of community health. The authors conclude that critical events make a significant impact on cardiovascular health. These events include changes in the lifestyle of people living in the industrial society, globalization, migration processes, and explosive development of new technologies and industries. Since these changes occur in parallel to the transformation of existing and emergence of new cardiovascular risk factors, then continuous research and control measures are required. Revolutionary changes in the field of biomedical technologies and advances in the epidemiological methodology translate into expanding the international terminology. New terms are continuously emerging at the junction of transforming areas of research. Therefore, along with the implementation of new biomedical technologies, the authors find it necessary to update and expand the vocabulary used in Russia in epidemiology and related disciplines.