title: Update: Acute coronary syndromes (IX). Secondary prevention strategies for acute coronary syndrome.
abstract: Cardiovascular disease is the main health problem in Europe and the rest of the world and is the leading cause of death and health care expenditure. By reducing mortality and ischemic event recurrence, prevention strategies play a fundamental role in patients who have had an acute coronary syndrome. Although these prevention strategies have focused with great success on high-risk individuals, they should also be used in the general population, which is showing an increase in the prevalence of obesity, diabetes mellitus, and other comorbidities that may reverse this trend toward reduced mortality. The present article consists of an up-to-date review of the main cardiovascular prevention measures, particularly the new developments of the last year, as well as the particularities of these measures when they are targeted at patients with a prior acute coronary syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital Universitario San Juan de Alicante, San Juan de Alicante, Alicante, Spain. Electronic address: juanquiles@secardiologia.es.
authors.forename: Juan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Quiles
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital Universitario San Juan de Alicante, San Juan de Alicante, Alicante, Spain.
authors.forename: Beatriz
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Miralles-Vicedo
mesh_terms: D054058:Acute Coronary Syndrome / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004032:Diet; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000517:prevention & control; D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012307:Risk Factors; D040242:Risk Reduction Behavior; D055502:Secondary Prevention / Q000379:methods; D000074606:Smoking Prevention
chemical_list: D000925:Anticoagulants; D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors
keywords: Acute coronary syndrome; Cardiac rehabilitation; Prevención secundaria; Rehabilitación cardiaca; Secondary prevention; Síndrome coronario agudo