World Heart Day 2016

2016 European Guidelines on CVD Prevention in Clinical Practice

Developed to support healthcare professionals communicating with individuals about their cardiovascular (CV) risk and the benefits of a healthy lifestyle and early modification of their CV risk. 

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Open access to most downloaded prevention articles

For World Heart Day only the top 10 most downloaded prevention articles from the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology are openly available

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Special World Heart Day Special selection from the European Journals of Prevetive Cardiology, Cardiovascular Nursing and Acute Cardiovascular Care

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SCORE Risk Assessment Charts

Systematic Coronary Risk Evaluation: Risk assessment charts (high & low cardiovascular risk) based on gender, age, total cholesterol, systolic blood pressure and smoking status

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Prevention Reports

CVD prevention reports, prepared by National CVD Prevention Coordinators, to facilitate the sharing of best practice and inspire health professionals in the field of preventive cardiology.

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ESC Prevention of CVD Programme

The ESC is bringing together its sub-specialty expertise in prevention and rehabilitation, acute cardiovascular care and cardiovascular nursing to promote effective prevention both among those with risk factors (primary prevention) as well as those that survived a clinical event (secondary prevention).

Publications - open to all

• Key recommendations on secondary prevention post MI
• Consensus document Challenges in secondary prevention after acute myocardial infarction: A call for action (European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, published online on 7 Sept 2016)

Webinars - open to all

• Challenges in Secondary Prevention after acute myocardial infarction (recordings)
• Hypertension: old problem, new approaches - 14 September 2016
• What has changed in Lipid lowering? - 21 November 2016
• Novel approaches for addressing adverse lifestyles in patients and their families - January 2017

European Association of Prevention Masterclasses - open to all

• Modern Management of Dyslipidemia – Part I (June 2016 - webcasts)
  
• Modern Management of Dyslipidemia – Part II (June 2016 - webcasts)

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Prevention Quizzes from the European Association of Preventive Cardiology

Review the case, asses the charts and test your knowledge with the multiple choice questions

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Webinars

Online training programme on cardiovascular prevention and rehabilitation

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ESC TV - prevention highlights

A selection of ESC TV Interviews from ESC Congress 2016 on Prevention

Latest prevention science from ESC Congress 2016

Access a wealth of presenations, slides, reports and videos from over 700 prevention resentations in ESC Congress 365 - the online ESC Congress resource library

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