American heart association guidelines for primary prevention of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease beginning in childhood☆☆☆★
Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease remains the leading cause of both death and disability in North America. Evidence that most cardiovascular disease is preventable led to development of the American Heart Association's initial “Guide to the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease” in 1996 and the updated version in 2002. Those guidelines do not address prevention in children, a group for whom primary prevention should hold the most promise. Emergence of multiple lines of evidence with regard to the importance of known risk factors for atherosclerotic disease in children and young adults has provided the impetus to develop guidelines for primary prevention in this young population.
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☆ The American Heart Association makes every effort to avoid any actual or potential conflicts of interest that may arise as a result of an outside relationship or a personal, professional, or business interest of a member of the writing panel. Specifically, all members of the writing group are required to complete and submit a Disclosure Questionnaire showing all such relationships that might be perceived as real or potential conflicts of interest. This statement was approved by the American Heart Association Science Advisory and Coordinating Committee on November 4, 2002.
☆☆ Published simultaneously Circulation , Volume 107, Pages 1562-6, by special arrangement.
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PII: S0022-3476(03)00131-8
doi:10.1067/mpd.2003.205
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