The articles in this special section focus on flexible sensing and medical imaging for cerebro-cardiovascular health care services. Healthcare and disease management are receiving increasing attention. Cerebro-cardiovascular diseases (CCVDs) are the leading cause of death globally. Cerebrocardiovascular diseases include a variety of medical conditions that affect the blood vessels of the brain, the cerebral circulation, and the heart. The common presentations of CCVDs include an ischemic stroke or mini-stroke and sometimes a hemorrhagic stroke, heart failure, hypertensive heart disease, etc. The important contributing risk factors include high blood pressure, smoking, diabetes, lack of exercise, obesity, high blood cholesterol, and excessive alcohol consumption, among others. A rapidly growing field, biomedical and health engineering research for CCVDs is unique in that it involves a variety of specialties such as neurology, surgery, cardiology, psychology and rehabilitation, and must meet the growing need for sophisticated, up-to-date biomedical and health informatics on clinical data, diagnostic testing, and therapeutic issues.

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客座社论灵活的传感和医学成像，促进脑心血管健康

本节中的文章重点介绍了用于心脑血管保健服务的灵活传感和医学成像。医疗保健和疾病管理越来越受到关注。脑心脑血管疾病（CC​​VD）是全球死亡的主要原因。脑心血管疾病包括影响大脑血管，大脑循环和心脏的多种医学疾病。CCVD的常见表现包括缺血性中风或中风，有时甚至是出血性中风，心力衰竭，高血压性心脏病等。重要的危险因素包括高血压，吸烟，糖尿病，缺乏运动，肥胖，高血脂胆固醇，过量饮酒等。快速发展的领域