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European Heart Journal Advance Access originally published online on November 19, 2007
European Heart Journal 2007 28(24):2962-2963; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehm537
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Published on behalf of the European Society of Cardiology. All rights reserved. © The Author 2007. For permissions please email: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org

High time to join hands between family medicine and cardiology!

Joep Perk*

Department of Internal Medicine, Section Cardiology, Oskarshamn District Hospital, Post Box 701, Oskarshamn 572 28, Sweden

* Corresponding author. Tel: +46 491 782 000; fax: +46 491 782 643. E-mail address: Joep@ltkalmar.se

This editorial refers to ‘Achievement of guideline-defined treatment goals in primary care: the German Coronary Risk Management (CoRiMa) study’ by J.C. Geller et al., on page 3051

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In many countries there is a steady deterioration of cardiovascular health, leading to cardiovascular disease (CVD), due to an inappropriate lifestyle. Few people achieve the recommended levels of regular physical activity and correct nutritional habits, or succeed in preventing stress and obesity. Smoking still remains one of the prime risk factors. Recently, an alarming first report has been published on the increase of CVD mortality in younger males and an attenuation of the decrease of mortality in younger women.1 In contrast, the World Health Organization (WHO) states that more than half of the CVD mortality could be prevented through simple methods at . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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