What question did this study set out to answer?

The aim is to highlight the importance of allied professionals in reducing the burden of cardiovascular disease through a collaborative approach.

January 10, 2026

A multidisciplinary approach to reduce the burden of cardiovascular disease, with special reference to the allied professionals’ perspective: a clinical consensus statement by the European Society of Cardiology Task Force on Allied Professionals with contributions from the Association of Cardiovascular Nursing and Allied Professions, the Association for Acute CardioVascular Care, the European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions, the European Association of Preventive Cardiology, the European Heart Rhythm Association, and the Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology

Key Result

A multidisciplinary approach incorporating allied professionals is essential to effectively manage cardiovascular disease and address existing healthcare inequalities.

Key Points

The aim is to highlight the importance of allied professionals in reducing the burden of cardiovascular disease through a collaborative approach.
Review of challenges in cardiovascular disease management.
Assessment of roles of allied professionals and current service models.
Proposal of strategies for integration of allied professionals into care pathways.
Identification of key challenges such as health inequalities and inadequate patient education.
Emphasis on developing competency frameworks for allied professionals.
Recommendations for shared pathways to better integrate roles and responsibilities.

Structured PICO

Population

Patients with cardiovascular disease (CVD)

Intervention

Multidisciplinary approach integrating allied professionals (APs)

Integrating allied professionals through shared pathways and competency frameworks is essential to address key challenges in cardiovascular disease management.

Main Result

Absolute Event Rate: 0% vs 0%

Abstract

Abstract Management of cardiovascular disease (CVD) requires a multidisciplinary approach based on expert input from physicians, nurses, and many different allied professionals (APs). Key challenges in CVD include health inequalities, sub-optimal risk factor detection and adherence with clinical guidelines, human resourcing issues, and inadequate patient education. Allied professionals can play key roles in addressing these challenges. However, current service models will need to be transformed to better integrate APs. Appropriate strategies may include the development of shared pathways with improved definition of roles and responsibilities, creation of ‘competency frameworks’ to facilitate advanced practice among APs, and enhanced sharing of best practice models.

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Back et al. (Fri,) reported a other. A multidisciplinary approach incorporating allied professionals is essential to effectively manage cardiovascular disease and address existing healthcare inequalities.

synapsesocial.com/papers/696321df91e05aa366cb82ae https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1093/eurjcn/zvaf165

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