Future of preventive cardiology: EAPC vision 2020–22

At the annual congress of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) a few weeks ago, the baton was passed on from Paul Dendale to Martin Halle to lead the European Association of Preventive Cardiology (EAPC) for the next 2 years term 2020–22. Under Paul and the former presidents, the EAPC has flourished to become one of the major Preventive Medicine societies in the world. European Association of Preventive Cardiology with its topics of cardiovascular prevention, rehabilitation and sports cardiology covers the entire age spectrum from conception to death,1 and its topics are synergistic to the other ESC Associations’ (Figure 1). A lot has been accomplished during Paul’s presidency. To name a few: the development of the concept of ‘lifelong prevention, from cradle to grave’, the start of a new section on Primary Care and Risk Factor management, the Cardiovascular Risk Collaboration Unit, the successful start of the...