Main messages for primary care from the 2016 European Guidelines on cardiovascular disease prevention in clinical practice

Massimo F. PiepoliHeart Failure Unit, Cardiac Department, G Da Saliceto Hospital, Piacenza, Italy;

Arno W. HoesJulius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands;

Carlos BrotonsSant Pau Institute of Biomedical Research, Research Unit, Sardenya Primary Health Care Centre, Barcelona, Spain;

Richard F.D. HobbsNuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; Correspondence[email protected]

Ugo CorraCardiology Division, Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri, Centro Medico di Riabilitazione di Veruno, Novara, Italy

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