EUROASPIRE IV: A European Society of Cardiology survey on the lifestyle, risk factor and therapeutic management of coronary patients from 24 European...

Abstract

A large majority of coronary patients do not achieve the guideline standards for secondary prevention with high prevalences of persistent smoking, unhealthy diets, physical inactivity and consequently most patients are overweight or obese with a high prevalence of diabetes. Risk factor control is inadequate despite high reported use of medications and there are large variations in secondary prevention practice between centres. Less than one-half of the coronary patients access cardiac prevention and rehabilitation programmes. All coronary and vascular patients require a modern preventive cardiology programme, appropriately adapted to medical and cultural settings in each country, to achieve healthier lifestyles, better risk factor control and adherence with cardioprotective medications.

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MedicineInternal medicineDiabetes mellitusGuidelineCoronary artery diseasePercutaneous coronary interventionWaistAcute coronary syndromeClopidogrelRisk factorBlood pressureMyocardial infarctionMedical recordCardiologyPhysical therapyObesityEndocrinology

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Year: 2015
Type: article
Volume: 23
Issue: 6
Pages: 636-648
Citations: 973
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                                    Kornelia Kotseva, 
                                
                                    David Wood, 
                                
                                    Dirk De Bacquer
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2015). 
                            EUROASPIRE IV: A European Society of Cardiology survey on the lifestyle, risk factor and therapeutic management of coronary patients from 24 European countries. 
                            European Journal of Preventive Cardiology
                            , 23
                            (6)
                            , 636-648.
                            https://doi.org/10.1177/2047487315569401
                        

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DOI: 10.1177/2047487315569401