The global burden of cardiovascular disease morbidity and mortality demands increased awareness of effective prevention strategies by patients, communities and health-care providers. The new 2019 ACC/AHA guidelines provide evidence-based, preventive recommendations for patients without known cardiovascular disease, focusing on risk estimation, a healthy lifestyle and selective indications for pharmacotherapy.
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Cardoso, R., Nasir, K. Primary prevention of cardiovascular disease: 2019 and beyond. Nat Rev Cardiol 16, 387–388 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41569-019-0213-2
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