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During the last 30 years, preventive cardiology has made great strides. Prior to the 1950’s, the field hardly existed. Starting shortly after the end of the Second World War, a number of major, prospective epidemiological studies came into being and others started throughout the next 20 years. As a result, the risk factor concept developed. It is the key to preventive cardiology, implying that there are factors which precede that onset of clinical disease and, if controlled, will prevent or delay its onset. “Control,” in this context, means not only the treatment of risk factors which are already present but to prevent, if ever possible, their development.
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Epstein, F.H. (1983). Controlling Coronary Risk Factors in the Community. In: Raineri, A., Kellermann, J.J. (eds) Selected Topics in Preventive Cardiology. Ettore Majorana International Science Series. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-3736-2_5
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