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Elements of Preventive Cardiology: A Guideline Topline

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Click through this topline on primordial and primary CVD prevention based on the American Society of Preventive Cardiology's clinical practice statement.

A clinical practice statement from the American Society for Preventive Cardiology (ASPC) responds to widespread increases in cardiovascular (CV) risk factors in the US, including overweight and obesity, type 2 diabetes, and metabolic syndrome. Despite progress in research and clinical practice, CV disease is still a leading cause of death and disability. Part 1 of this Guideline Topline highlights the basics of primordial and primary CVD prevention. When finished, click here for part 2.

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The ASPC calls for a renewed emphasis on primordial, primary and secondary prevention. Although the ASPC advocates for a subspecialty of CV medicine to help meet this challenge, it also acknowledges the need for multidisciplinary and public health efforts, and emphasizes collaboration within its definition of preventive cardiology:

"...a proactive, patient-centered approach in which the clinician, or team of clinicians and non-clinicians, assesses cardiovascular risk and implements a comprehensive strategy of risk mitigation to prevent cardiovascular diseases and its clinical sequelae."
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