Editorial Herbal Medicines for Cardiovascular Diseases

License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. The global burden of disease has driven a broad shift from communicable, maternal, neonatal, and nutritional causes to noncommunicable diseases. Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) remain the most prevalent cause of human morbidity and mortality all over the world [1]. According to the survey by Global Burden of Disease Study, 29.6 % of all deaths worldwide were caused by CVDs in 2010 [2]. It is estimated that the number of people that die from CVDs, mainly from heart disease and stroke, will increase tomore than 24million by 2030 [3]. Despite progress in molecular medicine and biology and translational scientific efforts on improvement of diagnostic and therapeutic strategies over the past 20 years, CVDs continue to be a major global health problem