November 20, 2017European Journal of Preventive Cardiology
Searching for the holy grail of cardiovascular prevention
Key result
Lifestyle modification remains the cornerstone of cardiovascular disease prevention, though implementation is poor and often bypassed for pharmacological treatments.
Population
General population, specifically referencing a cross-sectional study of 978 Danish men and women aged 40–65…
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Editorial
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Overview
Lifestyle modification should precede pharmacotherapy in CVD prevention; leaves open scalable strategies to overcome poor real-world implementation.
Structured PICO
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Population
General population, specifically referencing a cross-sectional study of 978 Danish men and women aged 40–65 years.
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Exposure
Lifestyle modification and cardiovascular prevention strategies.
Emphasizes the critical role of aggressive lifestyle modifications as the primary strategy for cardiovascular disease prevention before resorting to pharmacological treatments.
Cite This Study
Pier Luigi Temporelli (2017) conducted an editorial in Cardiovascular disease. Lifestyle modification was evaluated. Lifestyle modification remains the cornerstone of cardiovascular disease prevention, though implementation is poor and often bypassed for pharmacological treatments.