Norway's alternative plan to prevent cardiovascular disease

Norway's alternative plan to prevent cardiovascular disease

During the past decade, various guidelines for cardiovascular prevention were presented in Norway, with diverging recommendations on the thresholds for starting drug treatment. General practice specialist organizations and hospital specialists held contradictory views, both in Norway and within Euro...

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Published in:BMJ. British medical journal (International ed.) Vol. 343; no. 7815; p. 132
Main Authors: Norheim, Ole Frithjof, Gjelsvik, Bjørn, Klemsdal, Tor Ole, Madsen, Steinar, Meland, Eivind, Narvesen, Stein, Negård, Anne, Njølstad, Inger, Tonstad, Serena, Ulvin, Frøydis, Wisløff, Torbjørn
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: London BMJ Publishing Group 16-07-2011
Edition:International edition
Subjects:
Cardiovascular disease
Disease prevention
Public health
Substance abuse treatment
Norway
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Summary:During the past decade, various guidelines for cardiovascular prevention were presented in Norway, with diverging recommendations on the thresholds for starting drug treatment. General practice specialist organizations and hospital specialists held contradictory views, both in Norway and within Europe. The Norwegian health directorate found this situation unsatisfactory and invited key stakeholders to develop new national guidelines for general practitioners and other specialists prescribing primary prevention. The guidelines, published and implemented in 2009, adopt a new approach using differentiated risk thresholds according to age. Here, Norheim et al explain the rationale behind Norway's alternative plan to prevent cardiovascular disease and describes the process and reasons underlying the choices made.
ISSN:0959-8146