Title
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. American Heart Association Science Advisory and Coordinating Committee
UMMS Affiliation
Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
Publication Date
7-18-2002
Document Type
Article
Subjects
Adult; Arteriosclerosis; Cardiovascular Diseases; Coronary Disease; Humans; Risk Assessment; Stroke
Disciplines
Cardiology | Cardiovascular Diseases
Abstract
The initial Guide to the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Diseases was published in 1997 as an aid to healthcare professionals and their patients without established coronary artery disease or other atherosclerotic diseases. This 2002 update of the Guide acknowledges a number of advances in the field of primary prevention since 1997.
Source
Circulation. 2002 Jul 16;106(3):388-91.
Journal/Book/Conference Title
Circulation
Related Resources
PubMed ID
12119259
Repository Citation
Pearson, Thomas A.; Blair, Steven N.; Daniels, Stephen R.; Eckel, Robert H.; Fair, Joan M.; Fortmann, Stephen P.; Franklin, Barry A.; Goldstein, Larry B.; Greenland, Philip; Grundy, Scott M.; Hong, Yuling; Miller, Nancy Houston; Lauer, Ronald M.; Ockene, Ira S.; Sacco, Ralph L.; Sallis, James F.; Smith, Sidney C.; Stone, Neil J.; and Taubert, Kathryn A., "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. American Heart Association Science Advisory and Coordinating Committee" (2002). Cardiovascular Medicine Publications and Presentations. 14.
https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/cardio_pp/14