The 10-year anniversary of the European Association for Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation: achievements and challenges

Eur J Prev Cardiol. 2015 Oct;22(10):1340-5. doi: 10.1177/2047487314549515. Epub 2014 Sep 10.

Abstract

On the occasion of the 2014 European Society of Cardiology annual congress in Barcelona the European Association for Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation (EACPR) will celebrate its 10-year anniversary, having been initiated in Munich in 2004. In this article each EACPR president gives their personal recollections and views on the main achievements under their leadership and discusses the challenges for preventive cardiology that still lay ahead.

Keywords: Prevention; rehabilitation.

Publication types

  • Historical Article

MeSH terms

  • Anniversaries and Special Events
  • Biomedical Research* / history
  • Biomedical Research* / trends
  • Cardiac Rehabilitation*
  • Cardiology* / history
  • Cardiology* / trends
  • Cardiovascular Diseases / diagnosis
  • Cardiovascular Diseases / epidemiology
  • Cardiovascular Diseases / prevention & control*
  • Congresses as Topic* / history
  • Congresses as Topic* / trends
  • Forecasting
  • History, 20th Century
  • History, 21st Century
  • Humans
  • Leadership
  • Preventive Health Services*
  • Societies, Medical* / history
  • Societies, Medical* / trends