RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
A1 Rizzo, Toni
T1 ESC 2012 Clinical Practice Guidelines
JF MD Conference Express
YR 2012
FD SAGE Publications
VO 12
IS 13
SP 6
OP 8
DO 10.1177/155989771213001
UL http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/12/13/6.abstract
AB This article gives an overview of the key messages related to cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention in the the Fifth Joint Task Force of the Guidelines on CVD prevention in clinical practice [Perk J et al. Eur Heart J 2012]. Therapeutic guideline updates include acute and chronic heart failure, acute myocardial infarction with ST-segment elevation, atrial fibrillation, valvular heart disease, an an updated third universal definition of myocardial infarction.