AHA guidelines for primary prevention of cardiovascular disease and stroke: 2002 update - Consensus panel guide to comprehensive risk reduction for adult patients without coronary or other atherosclerotic vascular diseases
AHA guidelines for primary prevention of cardiovascular disease and stroke: 2002 update - Consensus panel guide to comprehensive risk reduction for adult patients without coronary or other atherosclerotic vascular diseases
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DOI:
10.1161/01.cir.0000020190.45892.75
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发表时间:
2002-07-16
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37.8
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Taubert, KA
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作者:
Pearson, TA;Blair, SN;Taubert, KA
The initial Guide to the Primary Prevention of Cardiovas-cular Diseases was published in 1997 as an aid to healthcare professionals and their patients without established coronary artery disease or other atherosclerotic diseases. 1 It was intended to complement the American Heart Association (AHA)/American College of Cardiology (ACC) Guidelines for Preventing Heart Attack and Death in Patients with Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease (updated2) and to provide the healthcare professional with a comprehensive approach to patients across a wide spectrum of risk. The imperative to prevent the first episode of coronary disease or stroke or the development of aortic aneurysm and peripheral arterial disease remains as strong as ever because of the still-high rate of first events that are fatal or disabling or require expensive intensive medical care. The evidence that most cardiovascular disease is preventable continues to grow. Results of long-term prospective studies consistently identify persons with low levels of risk factors as having lifelong low levels of heart disease and stroke. 3, 4 Moreover, these low levels of risk factors are related to healthy lifestyles. Data from the Nurses Health Study, 5 for example, suggest that in women, maintaining a desirable body weight, eating a healthy diet, exercising regularly, not smoking, and consuming a moderate amount of alcohol could account for an 84% reduction in risk, yet only 3% of the women studied were in that category. Clearly, the majority of the causes of cardiovascular disease are known and modifiable. This 2002 update of the Guide acknowledges a number of advances in the field of primary prevention since 1997. Research continues to refine the recommendations on detection and management of established risk factors, including evidence against the safety and efficacy of interventions once thought promising (eg, antioxidant vitamins). 6 This, in turn, has stimulated a large number of additional guidelines for specific demographic groups (eg, women), on individual risk factors (eg, diabetes, smoking), and for the primary prevention of stroke. In all of these guidelines, there is an increasing emphasis on further stratifying patients by level of risk and matching the intensity of interventions to the hazard for cardiovascular disease events. 7 Therefore, this 2002 update of the Primary Prevention Guide serves to integrate other guidelines and consensus statements developed since the initial Guide’s approval. This Guide might be viewed as the entry point to the more specific and detailed recommendations and the rationale behind them. The recommendations, as presented in the accompanying tables, are therefore consistent with the following recommendations: Agency for Healthcare Policy and Research Guidelines on Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence8; the Sixth Report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure (JNC VI) 9; the AHA Dietary Guidelines, Revision 200010; the AHA Statement on Alcohol and Heart Disease11; the Third Report of the National Cholesterol Education Program Expert Panel on Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Cholesterol in Adults12; American Heart Association Scientific Statements and Advisories on Physical Activity13, 14 and the American College of Sports Medicine Guidelines15; the Clinical Guidelines for the Identification, Evaluation, and Treatment of Overweight and Obesity in Adults from theThe American Heart Association makes every effort to avoid any actual or potential conflicts of interest that may arise as a result of an outside relationship or a personal, professional, or …