title: Clinician's guide to the updated ABCs of cardiovascular disease prevention.
abstract: To facilitate the guideline-based implementation of treatment recommendations in the ambulatory setting and to encourage participation in the multiple preventive health efforts that exist, we have organized several recent guideline updates into a simple ABCDEF approach. We would remind clinicians that evidence-based medicine is meant to inform recommendations but that synthesis of patient-specific data and use of appropriate clinical judgment in each individual situation is ultimately preferred.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, University of California San Francisco (UCSF), San Francisco, CA (P.K.).
authors.forename: Payal
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kohli
authors.affiliation: The Johns Hopkins Ciccarone Center for the Prevention of Heart Disease, Baltimore, MD (S.P.W., S.H., J.C., N.A.G., B.H., D.A., S.S.M., P.H.J., J.W.M.E., T.J.G., E.D.M., M.J.B., R.S.B.).
authors.forename: Seamus P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Whelton
authors.affiliation: The Johns Hopkins Ciccarone Center for the Prevention of Heart Disease, Baltimore, MD (S.P.W., S.H., J.C., N.A.G., B.H., D.A., S.S.M., P.H.J., J.W.M.E., T.J.G., E.D.M., M.J.B., R.S.B.).
authors.forename: Steven
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hsu
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL (C.W.Y., N.J.S.).
authors.forename: Clyde W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Yancy
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL (C.W.Y., N.J.S.).
authors.forename: Neil J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Stone
authors.affiliation: The Johns Hopkins Ciccarone Center for the Prevention of Heart Disease, Baltimore, MD (S.P.W., S.H., J.C., N.A.G., B.H., D.A., S.S.M., P.H.J., J.W.M.E., T.J.G., E.D.M., M.J.B., R.S.B.).
authors.forename: Jonathan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chrispin
authors.affiliation: The Johns Hopkins Ciccarone Center for the Prevention of Heart Disease, Baltimore, MD (S.P.W., S.H., J.C., N.A.G., B.H., D.A., S.S.M., P.H.J., J.W.M.E., T.J.G., E.D.M., M.J.B., R.S.B.).
authors.forename: Nisha A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Gilotra
authors.affiliation: The Johns Hopkins Ciccarone Center for the Prevention of Heart Disease, Baltimore, MD (S.P.W., S.H., J.C., N.A.G., B.H., D.A., S.S.M., P.H.J., J.W.M.E., T.J.G., E.D.M., M.J.B., R.S.B.).
authors.forename: Brian
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Houston
authors.affiliation: The Johns Hopkins Ciccarone Center for the Prevention of Heart Disease, Baltimore, MD (S.P.W., S.H., J.C., N.A.G., B.H., D.A., S.S.M., P.H.J., J.W.M.E., T.J.G., E.D.M., M.J.B., R.S.B.).
authors.forename: M Dominique
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Ashen
authors.affiliation: The Johns Hopkins Ciccarone Center for the Prevention of Heart Disease, Baltimore, MD (S.P.W., S.H., J.C., N.A.G., B.H., D.A., S.S.M., P.H.J., J.W.M.E., T.J.G., E.D.M., M.J.B., R.S.B.).
authors.forename: Seth S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Martin
authors.affiliation: The Johns Hopkins Ciccarone Center for the Prevention of Heart Disease, Baltimore, MD (S.P.W., S.H., J.C., N.A.G., B.H., D.A., S.S.M., P.H.J., J.W.M.E., T.J.G., E.D.M., M.J.B., R.S.B.).
authors.forename: Parag H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Joshi
authors.affiliation: The Johns Hopkins Ciccarone Center for the Prevention of Heart Disease, Baltimore, MD (S.P.W., S.H., J.C., N.A.G., B.H., D.A., S.S.M., P.H.J., J.W.M.E., T.J.G., E.D.M., M.J.B., R.S.B.).
authors.forename: John W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: McEvoy
authors.affiliation: The Johns Hopkins Ciccarone Center for the Prevention of Heart Disease, Baltimore, MD (S.P.W., S.H., J.C., N.A.G., B.H., D.A., S.S.M., P.H.J., J.W.M.E., T.J.G., E.D.M., M.J.B., R.S.B.).
authors.forename: Ty J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Gluckman
authors.affiliation: The Johns Hopkins Ciccarone Center for the Prevention of Heart Disease, Baltimore, MD (S.P.W., S.H., J.C., N.A.G., B.H., D.A., S.S.M., P.H.J., J.W.M.E., T.J.G., E.D.M., M.J.B., R.S.B.).
authors.forename: Erin D
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: Michos
authors.affiliation: The Johns Hopkins Ciccarone Center for the Prevention of Heart Disease, Baltimore, MD (S.P.W., S.H., J.C., N.A.G., B.H., D.A., S.S.M., P.H.J., J.W.M.E., T.J.G., E.D.M., M.J.B., R.S.B.).
authors.forename: Michael J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Blaha
authors.affiliation: The Johns Hopkins Ciccarone Center for the Prevention of Heart Disease, Baltimore, MD (S.P.W., S.H., J.C., N.A.G., B.H., D.A., S.S.M., P.H.J., J.W.M.E., T.J.G., E.D.M., M.J.B., R.S.B.).
authors.forename: Roger S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Blumenthal
mesh_terms: D000553:Ambulatory Care / Q000458:organization & administration; D000572:American Heart Association; D050197:Atherosclerosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000175:diagnosis; D018450:Disease Progression; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D005260:Female; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D008019:Life Style; D008297:Male; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D011322:Primary Prevention / Q000592:standards*; D011379:Prognosis; D018570:Risk Assessment; D014481:United States
keywords: blood pressure; cholesterol; diabetes mellitus; exercise; prevention