August 2011 Br J Cardiol 2011;18:171–76
Susan Connolly, Annie Holden, Elizabeth Turner, Gillian Fiumicelli, Juliet Stevenson, Mandeep Hunjan, Alison Mead, Kornelia Kotseva, Catriona Jennings, Jennifer Jones, David A Wood
Introduction The Founder MyAction team. Front row, from left: Annie Holden, Alison Mead. Back row, from left: Sarah McMeckan, Juliet Stevenson, Catriona Jennings and Gillian Fiumicelli The Government white paper put ‘prevention first’ because there is strong evidence that a healthy lifestyle, control of other risk factors and cardioprotective medications can substantially reduce cardiovascular disease (CVD).1 Patient priorities for prevention are defined in the Joint British Societies’ Guidelines (JBS2): established vascular disease; asymptomatic high total risk of developing CVD (JBS2 CVD risk ≥20%); and these guidelines, together wi
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