Clinical Practice Guideline: Executive Summary
2019 ACC/AHA Guideline on the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease: Executive Summary: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines

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ACC/AHA Clinical Practice Guidelines
guidelines
antihypertensive agents
aspirin
atherosclerosis
atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease
atrial fibrillation
behavior modification
behavior therapy
blood cholesterol
blood pressure
body mass index
cardiovascular team-based care
cardiovascular
cardiovascular disease
cholesterol
chronic kidney disease
coronary artery calcium score
coronary disease
coronary heart disease
cost
diet
dietary patterns
dietary fats
dietary sodium
dyslipidemia
e-cigarettes
exercise
healthcare disparities
health services accessibility
heart failure
hypertension
LDL-cholesterol
diabetes mellitus
lifestyle
lipids
measurement
myocardial infarction
nicotine
nonpharmacological treatment
nutrition
physical activity
prejudice
primary prevention
psychosocial deprivation
public health
quality indicators
quality measurement
risk assessment
risk-enhancing factors
risk factors
risk reduction
risk reduction discussion
risk treatment discussion
secondhand smoke
sleep
smoking
smoking cessation
social determinants of health
socioeconomic factors
statin therapy
systems of care
tobacco
tobacco smoke pollution
treatment adherence
treatment outcomes
type 2 diabetes mellitus
waist circumference
weight loss

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Endorsed by the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation, the American Geriatrics Society, the American Society of Preventive Cardiology, and the Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association

This document was approved by the American College of Cardiology Clinical Policy Approval Committee, the American Heart Association Science Advisory and Coordinating Committee, and the American Heart Association Executive Committee in February 2019.

The American College of Cardiology requests that this document be cited as follows: Arnett DK, Blumenthal RS, Albert MA, Buroker AB, Goldberger ZD, Hahn EJ, Himmelfarb CD, Khera A, Lloyd-Jones D, McEvoy JW, Michos ED, Miedema MD, Muñoz D, Smith SC Jr, Virani SS, Williams KA Sr, Yeboah J, Ziaeian B. 2019 ACC/AHA guideline on the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease: executive summary: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines. J Am Coll Cardiol 2019;74:1376–414.

This article has been copublished in Circulation.

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