The latest CVD Prevention Guidelines emphasize changing behaviour and give more weight to population studies

摘要

The joint European Societies Guidelines on cardiovascular prevention in clinical practice were launched at EuroPRevent 2012 in May in Dublin, Ireland. Nine societies have joined forces in a task force to produce this fifth edition of CVD Prevention Guidelines. The last document was published in 2007, and the 2012 version differs in numerous ways. First, it takes the bold step of stating that 80-90% of all cardiovascular disease (CVD) is preventable. The Guidelines then place greater emphasis on the behavioural aspects of prevention and discuss ways of making it easier for patients to change their lifestyles.