@article{fdf9583ba21648e2bae503b2397820fa,
title = "A short history of the European Association of Preventive Cardiology (EAPC)",
abstract = "The EAPC is now fit to address future challenges with a unified organization and strong multidisciplinary leadership together with the EJPC, the annual ESC Preventive Cardiology Congress, strong representation of preventive cardiology in the annual ESC Congresses, the ESC Textbook and Handbook of Preventive Cardiology, postgraduate educational activities, position papers and involvement in guidelines related to all aspects of preventive cardiology together with accreditations and a core curriculum for preventive cardiology as major assets under a common brand addressing primordial, primary, and secondary prevention of CVD.",
keywords = "EAPC, History, Preventive cardiology",
author = "{De Backer}, Guy and Joep Perk and David Wood and Stephan Gielen and Antonio Pelliccia and Diederick Grobbee and Paul Dendale and Hugo Saner",
note = "Funding Information: The past-presidents of the EAPC are particularly indebted to K. Py{\"o}r{\"a}l{\"a} (Finland) for his contribution to this document and also to B. Bjarnason (Germany), H. Bj{\"o}rnstad (Norway), P. Mathes (Germany), and L. Vanhees (Belgium) who provided additional and interesting information. The authors of this publication, members of the EAPC Honorary Presidents' network, are also indebted to the professional staff members of the ESC who have been of exceptional value in preparing, organizing, and implementing various activities developed by the WGs and the EACPR/EAPC during the past decades. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2022 The Author(s).",
year = "2022",
month = jul,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1093/eurjpc/zwac027",
language = "English",
volume = "29",
pages = "1301--1308",
journal = "European journal of preventive cardiology",
issn = "2047-4873",
publisher = "Oxford University Press",
number = "9",
}