Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Clinical Practice

Table of Contents

These pocket guidelines on CVD prevention in clinical practice give answers to important and common questions:

• The European Heart Health Charter and the Guidelines on cardiovascular disease prevention
• Why develop a preventive strategy in clinical practice?
• What are the objectives of these guidelines?
• People who stay healthy tend to have certain characteristics
• What are the priorities for CVD prevention in clinical practice?
• What are the objectives of CVD prevention?
• When do I assess cardiovascular risk?
• Why do the Guidelines stress the assessment of total CVD risk?
• How do I assess CVD risk quickly and easily?
• Assessing cardiovascular risk: What are the components?
• How do I use the SCORE charts to assess CVD risk in asymptomatic persons?
• Risk estimation using SCORE: Qualifiers
• 10 year risk of fatal CVD in high risk regions of Europe
• 10 year risk of fatal CVD in low risk regions of Europe
• Relative Risk Chart
• How do I manage the components of total CVD risk?
• Total risk CVD management: A key message
• Managing total cardiovascular risk
     - Tips to help behaviour change
     - Why do people find it hard to change their life?
     - Smoking
     - Healthy food choices
     - Physical activity
     - Body weight
     - Blood pressure
     - Lipids
     - The metabolic syndrome
     - Renal impairment and cardiovascular risk
     - When to prescribe cardio-protective drugs in addition to those used to treat blood 
       pressure, lipids and diabetes?
• Why screen close relatives?
• What would make the practice of CVD prevention easier?