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

Joep Perk; Guy DeBacker; Hugo Saner; David Wood; Pantaleo Giannuzzi; Stephan Gielen; Antonio Pelloiccia

doi:10.1177/2047487314549515

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.

Authors

Joep Perk¹, Guy DeBacker², Hugo Saner², David Wood², Pantaleo Giannuzzi², Stephan Gielen², Antonio Pelloiccia²

Affiliations

¹ Linnaeus University, Kalmar, Sweden [email protected].
² Linnaeus University, Kalmar, Sweden.

PMID: 25208907
DOI: 10.1177/2047487314549515

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