A clinician’s guide to the updated ABCs of cardiovascular disease prevention.
To facilitate the guideline-based implementation of treatment recommendations in the ambulatory setting and to encourage participation in the multiple preventive health efforts that exist, we have organized several recent guideline updates into a simple ABCDEF approach. We would remind clinicians that evidence-based medicine is meant to inform recommendations but that synthesis of patient-specific data and use of appropriate clinical judgment in each individual situation is ultimately preferred.
- Journal: Journal of the American Heart Association
- Year: 2014
- Topic: Antiplatelet Therapy, ASCVD (Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease), Blood Pressure, Cholesterol / Lipids / Statins, Cigarette Smoking, Diabetes & Metabolic Syndrome, Diet & Weight, Exercise and Physical Fitness, Quality of Care
- Read more articles by: Roger S. Blumenthal, MD, Michael Blaha, MD, MPH, Erin Michos, MD, MHS, Marie (Dominique) Ashen, CRNP, PhD, Seth Martin, MD, MHS, J. Bill McEvoy, MB BCh, MHS
