EUROASPIRE IV: A European Society of Cardiology survey on the lifestyle, risk factor and therapeutic management of coronary patients from 24 European countries

Abstract

EUROASPIRE IV was a cross-sectional study undertaken at 78 centres from 24 European countries. Aims: To determine whether the Joint European Societies guidelines on cardiovascular prevention are being followed in everyday clinical practice of secondary prevention and to describe the lifestyle, risk factor and therapeutic management of coronary patients across Europe.

Keywords

• EUROASPIRE
• cardiovascular prevention
• rehabilitation
• guidelines