Council on Cardiovascular Primary Care Newsletter April 2009

Date: 29 Apr 2009

Welcome to the first edition of the Newsletter of the ESC Council on Cardiovascular Primary Care.

The newsletter is designed to inform you on developments in the field of cardiology with particular focus on prevention and patient care.

View or download the full newsletter here

The first edition covers highlights from joint symposia of the Council and the EPCCS during the European WONCA meeting in Istanbul including:

An update on Heart Failure
- Burden of heart failure
- Diagnosing heart failure: clinical implications for GPs
- Management of heart failure - evidence base and recent developments
What's new in vascular risk?
- What is new in hypertension?
- What's new in atrial fibrillation and stroke?
- What's new in lipids
- What's new in risk prediction guidelines?
PLUS - DON'T MISS!

The ESC Council on Cardiovascular Primary Care is offering travel grants to general practitioners for the ESC Congress 2009, 29 August - 2 September 2009, Barcelona, Spain.

Deadline for applications: 31 May 2009, further details can be found here.

Future edtions will feature updates on heart failure, atrial fibrillation and stroke, lipids and risk prediction guidelines.

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