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Contact: Daniel Keeney, APR
DPK Public Relations
832.467.2904
dan@dpkpr.com
SHAPE Welcomes New ACC/AHA Risk Assessment Guidelines
HOUSTON, November 15, 2010 – SHAPE is participating this week at the
American Heart Association 2010 Scientific Sessions in Chicago.
There have been a number a major developments, including the release
of the "2010 guideline for assessment of cardiovascular risk in
asymptomatic adults," by the American College of Cardiology
Foundation (ACCF)/American Heart Association (AHA) Task Force on
Practice Guidelines in collaboration with six other specialty
societies. This is a very welcome release and it closely matches the
First SHAPE Guideline that we released in 2006. We expect to have
more to say about this in the coming days.
The coverage in theheart.org focuses in on the differences, but the
fact is that the new ACC/AHA risk assessment guidelines represent a
giant step toward the widespread adoption of scientifically proven
technologies that can accurately assess an individual’s risk of a
first heart attack. See theheart.org story by Reed Miller, “Dueling
advice: New ACC/AHA risk assessment guidelines, SHAPE II released on
same day”:
http://www.theheart.org/article/1148755.do
About the Society for Heart Attack Prevention and Eradication
(SHAPE):
The mission of SHAPE (www.shapesociety.org) is to eradicate heart
attack by championing new strategies for prevention while advancing
the scientific quest for a cure. SHAPE visualizes a world free from
the threat of heart attack. The goals of SHAPE are to reduce the
instances of heart attack - especially in the asymptomatic patient -
through education programs presented to both healthcare
professionals and the community. SHAPE believes that education and
ongoing research are key elements in the success of programs
designed to go beyond the norm in the early detection and treatment
of cardiovascular disease. |
