2012

• Assessment of cardiovascular risk in primary health care, Finland, Scand J Prim Health Care. 2012 Jun
• Blood pressure control in Italy: analysis of clinical data from 2005-2011 surveys on hypertension. Italy, J Hypertens. 2012 Jun 
• ASPIRE-2-PREVENT: a survey of lifestyle, risk factor management and cardioprotective medication in patients with coronary heart disease and people at high risk of developing cardiovascular disease in the UK. Heart. 2012 Jun

• A cross-sectional study of quality of life in an elderly population (75 years and over) with atrial fibrillation: secondary analysis of data from the Birmingham Atrial Fibrillation Treatment of the Aged study, UK, Europace. 2012 May 10
• Short sleep duration and increased risk of hypertension: a primary care medicine investigation, France, J Hypertens. 2012 May 16
• Optimal type 2 diabetes mellitus management: the randomised controlled OPTIMISE benchmarking study: baseline results from six European countries. Belgium, Eur J Prev Cardiol. 2012 May 17.
• Diagnosis and management of acute coronary syndrome in an outpatient setting: good guideline adherence in Swiss primary care. Switzerland, J Eval Clin Pract. 2012 May 8
• Mixed dyslipidemias in primary care patients in France. France. Vasc Health Risk Manag. 2012

• Atrial fibrillation: its prevalence and risk factor profile in the german general population. Germany. Dtsch Arztebl Int. 2012 Apr
• Do Patients With High Vascular Risk Take Antihypertensive Medication Correctly? Spain. Rev Esp Cardiol. 2012 Apr 18
• HF clinics versus primary care in stable patients on optimal therapy.Netherlands, Neth Heart J. 2012 Apr 24
• Rapid Point-of-Care NT-proBNP Optimal Cut-off Point for Heart Failure Diagnosis in Primary Care, Spain, Rev Esp Cardiol. 2012 Apr 25
• Determinants of heart failure self-care behaviour in community-based patients: a cross-sectional study, Germany, Eur J Cardiovasc Nurs. 2012 Apr 18
• The impact of adherence to screening guidelines and of diabetes clinics referral on morbidity and mortality in diabetes. Italy, PLoS One. 2012;7(4):e33839. Epub 2012 Apr 3
• Why is cardiovascular risk stratification important in hypertensive patients? Spain, Blood Press. 2012 Apr 10
• A retrospective cohort study assessing patient characteristics and the incidence of cardiovascular disease using linked routine primary and secondary care data.UK, BMJ Open. 2012 Apr 13
• Detection and treatment of hypercholesterolemia in Primary Health Care. The results of the POLKARD program of the Ministry of Health of Republic of Poland. Pol Arch Med Wewn. 2012 Apr 11
• A retrospective cohort study assessing patient characteristics and the incidence of cardiovascular disease using linked routine primary and secondary care data, UK, BMJ Open. 2012 Apr 13
• The influence of age, gender and socio-economic status on multimorbidity patterns in primary care. First results from the MultiCare Cohort study, Germany, BMC Health Serv Res. 2012 Apr 3
• Bridging the gap between public health and primary care in prevention of cardiometabolic diseases; background of and experiences with the Prevention Consultation in The Netherlands, Fam Pract. 2012 Apr
• Attitudes toward preventive services and lifestyle: the views of primary care patients in Europe. The EUROPREVIEW patient study. Spain. Fam Pract. 2012 Apr
  

• The difference in blood pressure readings between arms and survival: primary care cohort study UK, BMJ. 2012 Mar 20
• Arriba-lib: association of an evidence-based electronic library of decision aids with communication and decision-making in patients and primary care physicians. Germany. Int J Evid Based Healthc. 2012 Mar
• Randomised clinical trial of an intensive intervention in the primary care setting of patients with high plasma fibrinogen in the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease. Spain BMC Res Notes. 2012 Mar 1
• Are continuing medical education activities effective in improving the competence and performance of clinicians?: evidence from activities for primary care clinicians who manage patients with acute coronary syndromes. Crit Pathw Cardiol. 2012 Mar

• Blood pressure target attainment in the background of guidelines: the very elderly in Swiss primary care, Switzerland, Fam Pract. 2012 Feb 29
• Control of Glycemia and Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes in Primary Care in Catalonia, Spain, Diabetes Care. 2012 Feb 16
• Effect of Adding Systematic Family History Enquiry to Cardiovascular Disease Risk Assessment in Primary Care: A Matched-Pair, Cluster Randomized Trial, UK, Ann Intern Med. 2012 Feb 21
• Target blood pressure attainment with antihypertensive therapy in Swiss primary care. Switzerland, Blood Press. 2012 Feb 17
• Low-grade inflammation, but not endothelial dysfunction, is associated with greater carotid stiffness in the elderly: the Hoorn Study, Netherlands, J Hypertens. 2012 Feb 15
• Assessment of left ventricular function by GPs using pocket-sized ultrasound. Norway. Fam Pract. 2012 Feb 14
• Determinants of cardiovascular mortality in a cohort of primary care patients with chronic ischemic heart disease. BARBANZA Ischemic Heart Disease (BARIHD) study, Spain, Int J Cardiol. 2012 Feb 2
• Early results from adoption of bundled payment for diabetes care in the Netherlands show improvement in care coordination, Netherlands, Health Aff (Millwood). 2012 Feb

• Trends and transient change in end-digit preference in blood pressure recording: studies of sequential and longitudinal collected primary care data. UK Int J Clin Pract. 2012 Jan
• Added value of CAC in risk stratification for cardiovascular events: a systematic review, Netherlands, Eur J Clin Invest. 2012 Jan
• Effect of screening for Type 2 diabetes on population-level self-rated health outcomes and measures of cardiovascular risk: 13-year follow-up of the Ely cohort, United Kingdom, Diabet Med. 2012 Jan 27
• Conflicts and dilemmas in prevention of cardiovascular disease. The new, Norwegian Guidelines-a new approach to risk management, Norway, Eur J Gen Pract. 2012 Jan 27
• Incidence of Cardiovascular Events in Italian Patients With Early Discontinuations of Antihypertensive, Lipid-Lowering, and Antidiabetic treatments, Italy, Am J Hypertens. 2012 Jan 26
• The prognostic value of vascular diameter measurements on routine chest computed tomography in patients not referred for cardiovascular indications, Netherlands, J Comput Assist Tomogr. 2011 Nov-Dec
• Immediate and late benefits of treating very elderly people with hypertension: results from active treatment extension to Hypertension in the Very Elderly randomised controlled trial. UK. BMJ 2012; 344 Jan 4