Jennings Catriona, Graham Ian, Gielen Stephan (eds.) The ESC Handbook of Preventive Cardiology: Putting Prevention into Practice

Oxford University Press, 2016. — 241 p. — ISBN: 9780199674039The ESC Handbook of Preventive Cardiology is a 'how-to' manual for busy healthcare professionals. Complementing the 2012 Joint European Guidelines on cardiovascular disease prevention and in line with recommendations from the European Association of Preventive Cardiology and it is an invaluable source of tools and skills to assist with the delivery of effective cardiovascular disease prevention.While acknowledging that cardiovascular disease prevention efforts must be complemented by societal and community based strategies, this handbook focuses on practical strategies that can be used in clinical settings. Concise and easily accessible, it guides readers through the patient and family pathway - from patient identification, recruitment of the patient and family, assessing lifestyle and risk factors, to managing lifestyle change, reducing risk factors, and compliance with cardio-protective drug therapies. Information on how to deliver a health promotion workshop programme and run a supervised exercise programme is also included.Previously published as Preventive Cardiology: A practical manual and now fully revised and updated and packed with checklists and diagrams, such as risk estimation charts, The ESC Handbook of Preventive Cardiology helps health workers contribute in real and practical ways to the prevention of artherosclerotic cardiovascular disease.What is prevention and why do we need it?
Why do we need CVD prevention?
What is a high risk patient?
How to assess risk
Biomarkers in risk assessment
Imaging in risk assessment
Erectile dysfunction and cardiovascular risk
Priorities and targets
Practical aspects of prevention
Behavioural strategies to support and sustain lifestyle change
Engaging individuals, families and carers in prevention
Smoking cessation
Diet and weight: Major lifestyle challenges
Helping people to become more physically active
Blood pressure management
Lipid management
Blood glucose management
Drug therapies to reduce risk: Evidence and practicalities
Identifying and managing psychosocial factors
Putting educational strategies into practice
Setting up Preventive Cardiology Initiatives
The Global Care Pathway and how it works in practice
Examples of the initiatives in different care settings:Starting preventive and rehabilitative care in hospital
Examples of initiatives in different care settings:Community
Ensuring quality of interventions