European Summit on CVD Prevention

Closing the loop between guidelines, clinical practice and political action

The 2010 European Summit on CVD Prevention held in November 2010 at the European Heart House gathered a broad cross-section of medical experts, health care organisations, national societies, regulators and representatives from the European Union (EU) to encourage concerted action towards a harmonised strategy for the prevention of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in Europe.

Call for Commitment

Read the Call for Commitment to close the loop between Guidelines and Political Action, issued after the Summit.

Press Release

Read the European Summit Press Release

Webcasts

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Welcome Address
101	Welcome message	P. Vardas
102	Meeting objectives	D. Wood
103	Expected outcome	P.Giannuzzi
Session 1: Did we influence clinical care?
104	Evaluating the implementation of the 4th JTF Guidelines on CVD Prevention – Benchmarking of surveys in 12 European countries	H. McGee
105	Audit: New data from EUROASPIRE on risk factor management in clinical practice in primary and secondary prevention	D. Wood
106	Examples of best practices: MyAction (NHS) in UK	Susan Connolly
107	Examples of best practices: Projecto Cuore in Italy	S. Giampaoli
108	Examples of best practices: Bosnia & Herzegovina	M. Dilic
Session 2: Informing the 5th JTF European Guidelines on CVD Prevention - Prevention Implementation Programme for 2010-2011
Part I: Prevention in practice
109	Introducing new SCORE risk functions: BMI, Older people, HDL-Chol and Diabetes - Integration of SCORE II into HeartScore®	I. Graham
110	SURF: a pilot study of a simplified audit of risk factor management	I. Graham
Part II: Informing future preventive efforts
111	Cost effectiveness of achieving optimal prevention in Coronary Patients	L. Annemans
112	Consensus document summarising key steps and modalities to deliver all components of cardiovascular prevention and highlight key differences and exceptions for specific cardiac manifestations: translating strongest clinical evidence into practice (How-to Manual)	P. Giannuzzi
113	HeartQoL study – Development of a core heart disease instrument for patient-perceived health-related quality of life	H. Saner
114	A registry initiative: European Electronic Database for Cardiac Rehabilitation Outcomes Measurement and Quality Assurance	W. Benzer
115	Lessons learned from the assessment to inform the 2011 Prevention Guidelines	J. Perk
Session 3: Supporting an EU public health cooperative approach on CVD prevention
116	EU Commission perspective	M. Hübel
117	World Health Organization perspective	L. Møller
118	CVD prevention – experiences from a decade of collaboration at the European stage	L. Rydén
119	The political impact of EuroHeart	Simon Capewell
120	Addressing risk factors: a unified prevention approach	K. Andersen
121	The MEP Heart Group call for action: stimulating action from the EU in heart health promotion	C. Busoi
122	Member States strike back: their voices matter! Ireland	S. Jennings
123	Member States strike back: their voices matter! Romania	D. Gaita
124	Member States strike back: their voices matter! Romania	I. Kulcsar
125	International experience: Canada	G. Tremblay
Concluding remarks
126	Political call to commitment for countries to mobilise forces at national level through the nomination of a dedicated National Coordinator	I. Graham