<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Although theoretically very effective and apparently quite straightforward, cardiovascular prevention leaves much to be desired in practice. Several reasons, including ethical, conceptual, psychological, and operative pitfalls (lifestyle changes are mostly ignored; drug therapy is too often prescribed with no good reason, and performed in an episodic or on/off way) are presented in this essay. Discussed are the grounds of these aberrations and suggested are some intuitive solutions, best achievable in family practice.</p></abstract>

Although theoretically very effective and apparently quite straightforward, cardiovascular prevention leaves much to be desired in practice. Several reasons, including ethical, conceptual, psychological, and operative pitfalls (lifestyle changes are mostly ignored; drug therapy is too often prescribed with no good reason, and performed in an episodic or on/off way) are presented in this essay. Discussed are the grounds of these aberrations and suggested are some intuitive solutions, best achievable in family practice.

Unsatisfactory cardiovascular risk control - opportunities for family medicine

School of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine, University of Split, Šoltanska 2, 21000 Split, Croatia

Slovenian Journal of Public Health

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Although theoretically very effective and apparently quite straightforward, cardiovascular prevention leaves much to be desired in practice. Several reasons,...

Unsatisfactory cardiovascular risk control - opportunities for family medicine

Published Online: Jan 17, 2011

Page range: 75 - 81

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10152-010-0030-9

Keywords
srčno-žilne bolezni, preprečevanje, družinska medicina

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Unsatisfactory cardiovascular risk control - opportunities for family medicine

Published Online: Jan 17, 2011

Page range: 75 - 81

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10152-010-0030-9

Keywordssrčno-žilne bolezni, preprečevanje, družinska medicina

This content is open access.

Keywords
srčno-žilne bolezni, preprečevanje, družinska medicina