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To promote excellence in research, practice, education and policy in cardiovascular prevention and rehabilitation in Europe.

Prevention and rehabilitation slide resources from EuroPRevent now available

Acces the presentations from EuroPRevent 2013 in Rome on the topics of prevention and rehabilitation, health economics, sports cardiology, epidemiology, atherosclerosis/CAD, hypertension, heart failure, basic and translational science. Access is free.

EuroPRevent 2013 Award Winners

Congratulations to our 2013 award winners, Mr Yunpeng Ding, Dr Sabiha Gati, Dr Bernd Hewing, Mr Kentaro Kamiya, Dr Azzurra Marceca and Susan van Dieren

Access the abstracts here

ESC supports European Commission's proposed Tobacco Products Directive

The ESC releases position paper on the European Commission's proposal for a directive on “the manufacture, presentation and sale of tobacco and related products”. Smoking is responsible for 25% of all avoidable deaths in smokers due to diseases of the heart and circulatory system or cardiovascular diseases (CVD).

Demanding physical work associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease

Additional physical activity during leisure time in those who are already physically exhausted from their daily occupation does not induce a 'training' effect but rather an overloading effect on the cardiovascular system. Two studies presented suggest that demanding physical work has a detrimental effect on an individual's risk of coronary heart disease. Read more

Long-term exposure to fine particles of traffic pollution associated with increased risk of heart disease

Fine particle matter and traffic noise are believed to act through similar biologic pathways, thereby increasing cardiovascular risk; they both cause an imbalance in the autonomic nervous system, which feeds into the complex mechanisms regulating blood pressure, blood lipids, glucose level, clotting and viscosity. Read more

EACPR at a glance

Journal : European Journal of Preventive Cardiology	Congress: EuroPRevent 18-20 April 2013 / Rome	Become a member today!

EACPR Sections
Prevention Toolbox
HeartScore

Prevention, Epidemiology and Population Science

Mission: To promote the essential knowledge of population prevention science among cardiologists, other clinicians, health care professionals and scientists, to stress their role in the community context and to improve their understanding of the importance of the epidemiology and primary prevention of cardiovascular diseases.

Sports Cardiology

This section fits well within the Association as an extension of cardiac rehabilitation. A network already exists and sports cardiology is recognized as a sub-speciality. It is connected with primary and secondary prevention.

Exercise, Basic and Translational Research

Mission: to promote and facilitate high-quality research and education related to exercise, basic and translational science in the fields of cardiovascular prevention and rehabilitation and sports cardiology, bringing together scientists from a broad range of disciplines.

Cardiac Rehabilitation

Cardiac Rehabilitation is a secondary prevention programme, with exercise as the cornerstone of a comprehensive intervention which includes an educational programme, risk factors control and the patient’s voluntarily adoption of a healthy lifestyle to be kept for lifetime.

View the new European Association for Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation Prevention Toolbox and cardiovascular risk assessment & management tools for your daily practice:

HeartScore: cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk assessment and management

The interactive tool for predicting and managing the risk of heart attack and stroke in Europe. Updated according to the latest European Guidelines on CVD Prevention, HeartScore now includes relative risk for younger patients, in addition to patient data history and progress monitoring.

www.heartscore.org