title: [Preventive cardiology: strategies in children].
abstract: The importance of preventive cardiology in youth has been established by several critical observations: there is evidence that the atherogenic process begins in childhood, and that the degree of atherogenesis is related to measurable risk factors present during childhood. The literature indicated that long-range prevention of atheroselerosis and its sequelae by control of those risk factors should begin in childhood. This article reviews the established risk factors, the identification of high-risk individuals, public health strategies for the promotion of health in the French Community of Belgium and treatment of high-risk individuals.
authors.affiliation: Département Universitaire de Pédiatrie, CHR Citadelle, ULg.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Massin
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Vandoorne
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Coremans
authors.forename: Ph
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lepage
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Scheen
mesh_terms: D001161:Arteriosclerosis / Q000517:prevention & control; D001530:Belgium; D002309:Cardiology / Q000639:trends*; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control*; D002648:Child; D002669:Child Welfare; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008019:Life Style; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications; D011315:Preventive Medicine; D012307:Risk Factors; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects
vernacular_title: La cardiologie préventive: stratégies chez l'enfant.