Scientific Statements on Cardiovascular Health, Primary and Secondary Prevention

• 2025
  Reperfusion Therapy for ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction in Low to Middle-Income Countries.
   
   
• 2025
  Physical activity and mortality: towards healthspan-oriented metrics and outcomes
   
   
• 2025
  Cardiovascular risk factors management in older adults
  
   
   
• 2025
  Standards for cardiac telerehabilitation
   
   
• 2025
  Prevention of cancer therapy-related cardiac dysfunction and heart failure in cancer patients and survivors
   
   
• 2025
  Implementation of prevention guidelines in primary healthcare
   
   
• 2025
  Educational methods to improve digital health literacy
   
   
• 2025
  Influence of exercise and nutrition on sarcopenia in cardiovascular disease
  
   
   
• 2025
  Vaccination as a new form of cardiovascular prevention
   
   
• 2025
  Existing health disparities in congenital heart disease: the path forward to achieving health equity
   
   
• 2025
  Diet and nutrition in cardiovascular disease prevention
   
   
• 2025
  Heat extremes and cardiovascular diseases
   
   
• 2025
  A call to action on pregnancy-related lifestyle interventions to reduce cardiovascular risk in the offspring.
   
   
• 2025
  Clinical utility and implementation of polygenic risk scores for predicting cardiovascular disease
   
   
• 2025
  Cardiovascular diseases, prevention, and management of complications in older adults and frail patients treated for elective or post-traumatic hip orthopaedic interventions
   
   
• 2024
  The future of education in Preventive Cardiology
   
   
• 2024
  Prevention and rehabilitation after heart transplantation
   
   
• 2024
  The role of exercise training on cardiovascular risk factors and heart disease in patients with chronic kidney disease G3–G5 and G5D
   
   
• 2023
  Preinterventional frailty assessment in patients scheduled for cardiac surgery or transcatheter aortic valve implantation
   
   
• 2023
  Do we practice what we preach? Implementation of cardiovascular prevention strategies in 13 European countries between 2011 and 2021.
   
   
• 2023
  Competency-based cardiac imaging for patient-centred care. A statement of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC).
   
   
• 2023
  Placing patient-reported outcomes at the centre of cardiovascular clinical practice: implications for quality of care and management
   
   
• 2023
  Lifestyle interventions to change trajectories of obesity-related cardiovascular risk from childhood onset to manifestation in adulthood
   
   
• 2023
  Global perspectives on heart disease rehabilitation and secondary prevention
   
   
• 2023
  Antithrombotic treatment strategies in patients with established coronary atherosclerotic disease
   
   
• 2023
  Within and beyond 12-month efficacy and safety of antithrombotic strategies in patients with established coronary artery disease
   
   
• 2023
  Promotion of healthy nutrition in primary and secondary cardiovascular disease prevention
   
   
• 2022
  Sex differences in arterial hypertension
   
   
• 2022
  How to optimize the adherence to a guideline-directed medical therapy in the secondary prevention of cardiovascular diseases
   
   
• 2022
  Cardiac screening prior to return to play after SARS-CoV-2 infection: focus on the child and adolescent athlete
   
   
• 2022
  Impact of COVID-19 on young healthcare professionals
   
   
• 2022
  Cardiopulmonary assessment prior to returning to high-hazard occupations post symptomatic COVID-19 infection
   
   
• 2022
  Cardiovascular effects of doping substances, commonly prescribed medications and ergogenic aids in relation to sports
   
   
• 2021
  European Society of Cardiology Quality Indicators for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention
   
   
• 2021
  Exercise intensity assessment and prescription in cardiovascular rehabilitation and beyond: why and how
   
   
• 2021
  Athletes with valvular heart disease and competitive sports
   
   
• 2021
  Personalised exercise prescription in the prevention and treatment of arterial hypertension
   
   
• 2021
  Comprehensive multicomponent cardiac rehabilitation in cardiac implantable electronic devices recipients
   
   
• 2020
  Electronic cigarettes and health with special focus on cardiovascular effects
   
   
• 2020
  Recommendations for participation in leisure-time physical activity and competitive sports in patients with arrhythmias and potentially arrhythmogenic conditions – Part 1: Supraventricular arrhythmias
   
   
• 2020
  Exercise in the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) Era
   
   
• 2020
  Secondary prevention through comprehensive cardiovascular rehabilitation: From knowledge to implementation. 2020 update
   
   
• 2019
  Recommendations for participation in competitive and leisure time sport in athletes with cardiomyopathies, myocarditis, and pericarditis
   
   
• 2019
  Exercise training for patients with type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease: What to pursue and how to do it
   
   
• 2018
  Recommendations for participation in competitive sports of athletes with arterial hypertension
   
   
• 2018
  Recommendations for participation in leisure time or competitive sports in athletes-patients with coronary artery disease
   
   
• 2017
  Recommendations for the indication and interpretation of cardiovascular imaging in the evaluation of the athlete’s heart
   
   
• 2017
  Cardiovascular evaluation of middle-aged/senior individuals engaged in leisure-time sport activities
   
   
• 2017
  EHRA/EAPC: How to prevent atrial fibrillation
   
   
• 2017
  EHRA/EAPC: Pre-participation cardiovascular evaluation for athletic participants to prevent sudden death
   
   
• 2016
  Frailty and cardiac rehabilitation
   
   
• 2016
  Challenges in secondary prevention after acute myocardial infarction: A call for action
   
   
• 2016
  The prognostic effect of cardiac rehabilitation in the era of acute revascularisation and statin therapy: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized and non-randomized studies – The Cardiac Rehabilitation Outcome Study (CROS)
   
   
• 2015
  Sudden cardiac arrest in sports – need for uniform registration
   
   
• 2015
  Healthy lifestyle interventions to combat noncommunicable disease
   
   
• 2014
  Air pollution and cardiovascular disease
   
   
• 2013
  Physical activity in adolescents and adults with congenital heart defects; individualised exercise prescription
   
   
• 2013
  Electrocardiographic interpretation in athletes: the ‘Seattle Criteria’
   
   
• 2013
  Normal electrocardiographic findings: recognising physiological adaptations in athletes
   
   
• 2013
  Abnormal electrocardiographic findings in athletes: recognising changes suggestive of cardiomyopathy
   
   
• 2013
  Abnormal electrocardiographic findings in athletes: recognising changes suggestive of primary electrical disease
   
   
• 2012
  Aerobic exercise intensity assessment and prescription in cardiac rehabilitation
  
   
   
• 2012
  Clinical recommendations for cardiopulmonary exercise testing data assessment in specific patient populations
   
   
• 2012
  Secondary prevention in the clinical management of patients with cardiovascular diseases. Core components, standards and outcome measures for referral and delivery
  
   
   
• 2012
  Proposal for a core curriculum for a European Sports Cardiology qualification
   
   
• 2012
  Population-level changes to promote cardiovascular health
   
   
• 2012
  Importance of characteristics and modalities of physical activity and exercise in the management of cardiovascular health in individuals with cardiovascular disease
   
   
• 2012
  Importance of characteristics and modalities of physical activity and exercise in defining the benefits to cardiovascular health within the general population
   
   
• 2011
  Importance of characteristics and modalities of physical activity and exercise in the management of cardiovascular health in individuals with cardiovascular risk factors
   
   
• 2011
  Recommendations for physical activity, recreation sport, and exercise training in paediatric patients with congenital heart disease
   
   
• 2011
  Cardiovascular safety at sports arenas
   
   
• 2010
  Cardiac rehabilitation in Europe: results from the European Cardiac Rehabilitation Inventory Survey
   
   
• 2010
  Secondary prevention through cardiac rehabilitation: physical activity counselling and exercise training
   
   
• 2010
  Assessment of physical activity – a review of methodologies with reference to epidemiological research
   
   
• 2010
  Time for action regarding cardiovascular emergency care at sports arenas: a lesson from the arena study
   
   
• 2010
  Secondary prevention through cardiac rehabilitation: from knowledge to implementation
   
   
• 2009
  Recommendations for interpretation of 12-lead electrocardiogram in the athlete
   
   
• 2009
  Standards for the use of cardiopulmonary exercise testing for the functional evaluation of cardiac patients
   
   
• 2007
  Future perspectives in cardiac rehabilitation - secondary prevention through cardiac rehabilitation
   
   
• 2006
  Participation in leisure-time physical activity and competitive sports of patients with arrhythmias and potentially arrhythmogenic conditions Part II: Ventricular arrhythmias, channelopathies and implantable defibrillators
   
   
• 2006
  Adverse cardiovascular effects of doping in athletes
   
   
• 2006
  Participation in leisure-time physical activity and competitive sports in patients with arrhythmias and potentially arrhythmogenic conditions Part I: Supraventricular arrhythmias and pacemakers
   
   
• 2006
  Recommendations for participation in leisure-time physical activity and competitive sports for patients with ischaemic heart disease
   
   
• 2005
  Participation in leisure-time physical activities and competitive sports for patients with hypertension
   
   
• 2005
  Core components of cardiac rehabilitation in chronic heart failure
   
   
• 2005
  Competitive sports participation in athletes with cardiovascular disease
   
   
• 2005
  Cardiovascular pre-participation screening of young competitive athletes for prevention of sudden death: proposal for a common European protocol
   
   
• 2003
  Physical activity for primary and secondary prevention
   
   
• 2003
  Secondary Prevention through Cardiac Rehabilitation

Related Guidelines

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.

Reference 2016 EHJ doi/10.1093/eurheartj/ehw106, EHJ (2016);37:2315–2381

Related Publications

Call for Action to promote a heart-healthy environment in Europe

Call for Action issued by the Joint European Societies Cardiovascular Prevention Committee encouraging European countries to pursue the creation of a heart-healthy environment through various actions at a national level.

Reference EJCPR 2008; Vol. 15, Issue 2, 125-127