#ESCCongress THREAD on CVD PREVENTION. I need to start with this, seeing someone with an MI or heart failure or AF & treating them appropriately doesn’t make us great doctors. PREVENTING those does. These #ESCGuidelines help a lot to getting us there @ShrillaB@wordfinga …/3
#ESCCongress#ESCGuidelines CVS PREVENTION 🧵 The burden of CVD in Europe is high, globally might be even higher. Recommendation to assess using SCORE2 (<70 years) & SCORE-OP (>70yrs). I like these scores but remember age is a continuum risk @purviparwani@DBelardoMD …/6
#ESCCongress#ESCGuidelines CVS PREVENTION 🧵 AND an acknowledgement of AIR POPULATION as a risk factor - suggestion to consider avoiding regions of high air population. I would have taken it a step further - Wear a MASK in those regions 😷 @MilenaAste@SeemaDesh2020 …/8
#ESCCongress#ESCGuidelines CVS PREVENTION 🧵 And of course HYPERTENSION - first look for it and treat it - and seek expert help like that if @AnastasiaSMihai and @DrVikasKapil (and local equivalents!) and treat aggressively. And needles to say STOP SMOKING! …/12
#ESCCongress#ESCGuidelines CVS PREVENTION 🧵 and because hypertension is so important , a dedicated info gram on its management! …/13
#ESCCongress#ESCGuidelines CVS PREVENTION 🧵 and this is the final comments- worth a read that’s for sure! …/14
#ESCCongress#ESCGuidelines CVS PREVENTION 🧵 so my short summary for the guidelines? 1- assess risks, I would say even in ‘apparently’ healthy 2- treat aggressively 3- worth reading the full guideline! It is worth it! Great job from @escardio & the #EAPC@EAPCPresident …THE END
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First things first #ESCCongress - a patient centered approach recommended. 👏 but I thought we had long moved to a patient centred approach but nonetheless good to highlight #epeeps#cardio#echofirst#whycmr …/3
#ESCCongress Firstly, no longer Mid Range, replace by MILDLY REDUCED LV EF. Makes a lot of sense - in fact for some time I thought the previous guidelines referred to ‘mildly reduced’ until @merinopoulos corrected me… otherwise no real change in the nomeculture …/3
In an earlier (still ongoing) Poll from today... 77% wished to have a hybrid Digital and In Person conference... That would certainly have lots of attractions especially for those who wouldn't other be able to afford it #ESCCongress
Stroke Risk – Simple – CHA2DS2-VASc Score
& HAS-BLED, to stratify bleeding
Symptom severity- Use the EHRA symptom scale
Burden- paroxysmal, persistent, permanent and if paroxysmal how frequently
Substrate of AF- comorbidities #ESCCongress /4