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| Summary |
This publication provides guidance on reducing disability and premature deaths from
coronary heart disease, cerebrovascular disease and peripheral vascular disease in people
at high risk, who have not yet experienced a cardiovascular event. People with established
cardiovascular disease are at very high risk of recurrent events and are not the subject of
these guidelines. They have been addressed in previous WHO guidelines. The risk
prediction charts that accompany these guidelines allow treatment to be targeted according to simple predictions of absolute cardiovascular risk.
Recommendations are made for management of major cardiovascular risk factors through
changes in lifestyle and prophylactic drug therapies. The guidelines provide a framework
for the development of national guidance on prevention of cardiovascular disease that
takes into account the particular political, economic, social and medical circumstances.
Companion volumes:
Pocket guidelines for assessment and management of total cardiovascular risk. WHO/ISH cardiovascular risk prediction charts by regions:
African region
Americas (available in SPANISH ONLY)
Eastern Mediterranean region (available in ARABIC ONLY)
European region
South-East Asia region
Western Pacific region
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