Update in cardiology: Vascular risk and cardiac rehabilitation.
Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease remains the major cause of premature death in developed and developing countries. Nevertheless, surveys show that most patients still do not achieve the lifestyles, risk factor levels, and therapeutic targets recommended in primary and secondary prevention. The present update reflects the most recent novelties in risk classification and estimation of risk and documents the latest changes in fields such as smoking, diet and nutrition, physical activity, lipids, hypertension, diabetes, and cardiovascular rehabilitation, based on experimental trials and population-based observational studies.
Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain. Electronic address: egalve@vhebron.net.
Enrique
E
Galve
Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital La Paz, Madrid, Spain.
Almudena
A
Castro
Departamento de Cardiología, Hospital de San Juan, San Juan de Alicante, Alicante, Spain.
Alberto
A
Cordero
Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital La Paz, Madrid, Spain.
Regina
R
Dalmau
Departamento de Cardiología, Hospital General de Valencia, Valencia, Spain.
Lorenzo
L
Fácila
Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital Infanta Elena-Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid, Spain.
Aránzazu
A
García-Romero
Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña, Spain.
Pilar
P
Mazón
Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital Povisa, Vigo, Pontevedra, Spain.
Marcelo
M
Sanmartín
Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital Puerta de Hierro, Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain.
Angeles
A
Alonso García
D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000517:prevention & control; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D006801:Humans; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors