@article{YurdadoganMalschKotsevaetal.2021,
  author    = {Yurdadogan, Tino and Malsch, Carolin and Kotseva, Kornelia and Wood, David and Leyh, Rainer and Ertl, Georg and Karmann, Wolfgang and M{\"u}ller-Scholden, Lara and Morbach, Caroline and Breuning, Margret and Wagner, Martin and Gelbrich, G{\"o}tz and Bots, Michiel L. and Heuschmann, Peter U. and St{\"o}rk, Stefan},
  title     = {Functional versus morphological assessment of vascular age in patients with coronary heart disease},
  series = {Scientific Reports},
  volume    = {11},
  journal   = {Scientific Reports},
  number    = {1},
  doi       = {10.1038/s41598-021-96998-x},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-265810},
  year      = {2021},
  abstract  = {Communicating cardiovascular risk based on individual vascular age (VA) is a well acknowledged concept in patient education and disease prevention. VA may be derived functionally, e.g. by measurement of pulse wave velocity (PWV), or morphologically, e.g. by assessment of carotid intima-media thickness (cIMT). The purpose of this study was to investigate whether both approaches produce similar results. Within the context of the German subset of the EUROASPIRE IV survey, 501 patients with coronary heart disease underwent (a) oscillometric PWV measurement at the aortic, carotid-femoral and brachial-ankle site (PWVao, PWVcf, PWVba) and derivation of the aortic augmentation index (AIao); (b) bilateral cIMT assessment by high-resolution ultrasound at three sites (common, bulb, internal). Respective VA was calculated using published equations. According to VA derived from PWV, most patients exhibited values below chronological age indicating a counterintuitive healthier-than-anticipated vascular status: for VA(PWVao) in 68\% of patients; for VA\(_{AIao}\) in 52\% of patients. By contrast, VA derived from cIMT delivered opposite results: e.g. according to VA\(_{total-cIMT}\) accelerated vascular aging in 75\% of patients. To strengthen the concept of VA, further efforts are needed to better standardise the current approaches to estimate VA and, thereby, to improve comparability and clinical utility.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{KotsevaDeBackerDeBacqueretal.2019,
  author    = {Kotseva, Kornelia and De Backer, Guy and De Bacquer, Dirk and Ryd{\´e}n, Lars and Hoes, Arno and Grobbee, Diederick and Maggioni, Aldo and Marques-Vidal, Pedro and Jennings, Catriona and Abreu, Ana and Aguiar, Carlos and Badariene, Jolita and Bruthans, Jan and Castro Conde, Almudena and Cifkova, Renata and Crowley, Jim and Davletov, Kairat and Deckers, Jaap and De Smedt, Delphine and De Sutter, Johan and Dilic, Mirza and Dolzhenko, Marina and Dzerve, Vilnis and Erglis, Andrejs and Fras, Zlatko and Gaita, Dan and Gotcheva, Nina and Heuschmann, Peter and Hasan-Ali, Hosam and Jankowski, Piotr and Lalic, Nebojsa and Lehto, Seppo and Lovic, Dragan and Mancas, Silvia and Mellbin, Linda and Milicic, Davor and Mirrakhimov, Erkin and Oganov, Rafael and Pogosova, Nana and Reiner, Zeljko and St{\"o}erk, Stefan and Tokg{\"o}zoğlu, L{\^a}le and Tsioufis, Costas and Vulic, Dusko and Wood, David},
  title     = {Lifestyle and impact on cardiovascular risk factor control in coronary patients across 27 countries: Results from the European Society of Cardiology ESC-EORP EUROASPIRE V registry},
  series = {European Journal of Preventive Cardiology},
  volume    = {26},
  journal   = {European Journal of Preventive Cardiology},
  number    = {8},
  organization    = {EUROASPIRE Investigators},
  issn      = {2047-4873},
  doi       = {10.1177/2047487318825350},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-205526},
  pages     = {824-835},
  year      = {2019},
  abstract  = {Aims The aim of this study was to determine whether the Joint European Societies guidelines on secondary cardiovascular prevention are followed in everyday practice. Design A cross-sectional ESC-EORP survey (EUROASPIRE V) at 131 centres in 81 regions in 27 countries. Methods Patients (<80 years old) with verified coronary artery events or interventions were interviewed and examined ≥6 months later. Results A total of 8261 patients (females 26\%) were interviewed. Nineteen per cent smoked and 55\% of them were persistent smokers, 38\% were obese (body mass index ≥30 kg/m2), 59\% were centrally obese (waist circumference: men ≥102 cm; women ≥88 cm) while 66\% were physically active <30 min 5 times/week. Forty-two per cent had a blood pressure ≥140/90 mmHg (≥140/85 if diabetic), 71\% had low-density lipoprotein cholesterol ≥1.8 mmol/L (≥70 mg/dL) and 29\% reported having diabetes. Cardioprotective medication was: anti-platelets 93\%, beta-blockers 81\%, angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors/angiotensin receptor blockers 75\% and statins 80\%. Conclusion A large majority of coronary patients have unhealthy lifestyles in terms of smoking, diet and sedentary behaviour, which adversely impacts major cardiovascular risk factors. A majority did not achieve their blood pressure, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol and glucose targets. Cardiovascular prevention requires modern preventive cardiology programmes delivered by interdisciplinary teams of healthcare professionals addressing all aspects of lifestyle and risk factor management, in order to reduce the risk of recurrent cardiovascular events.},
  language  = {en}
}