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Poster Session IV. Prevention, socio demography and sudden cardiac death, European journal of cardiovascular prevention and rehabilitation, Volume 17, Issue 2_suppl, 1 May 2010, Pages S93–S97, https://doi.org/10.1177/17418267100170s229
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Risk factor and therapeutic management in patients with coronary heart disease: Results from EUROASPIRE III survey in 22 European countries
K Kotseva1, C Jennings1, G De Backer2, D De Bacquer2, D Gaita3, U Keil4, Z Reiner5, D Wood1
1 National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom, 2Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium, 3Institute of Cardiovascular Disease, Timisoara, Romania, 4Institute of Epidemiology and Social Medicine, University of Munster, Munster, Germany, 5Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Rebro, Zagreb, Croatia
Topic: Prevention of CVD
Aim: the aim of the third EUROASPIRE survey was to determine whether the Joint European Societies guidelines on cardiovascular disease prevention have been followed in everyday clinical practice in patients with coronary heart disease (CHD) in Europe.
Methods: the EUROASPIRE III survey was undertaken in 2006/2007 under the auspices of European Society of Cardiology, Euro Heart Survey programme in 76 centres in selected geographical areas in 22 European countries. Consecutive patients, men and women <80 years of age, with a clinical diagnosis of CHD were identified retrospectively. Data collection was based on a review of patient s medical notes and a prospective interview and examination by trained research assistants using standardised methods and instruments at least 6 months after their coronary event or procedure.
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