Comentario del CEIPV a las nuevas guías europeas de prevención cardiovascular 2021 / Commentary of the CEIPV on the new 2021 European guidelines for cardiovascular prevention

Presentamos la adaptación española de las Guías Europeas de Prevención Cardiovascular 2021. En esta actualización, además del abordaje individual, se pone mucho más énfasis en las políticas sanitarias como estrategia de prevención poblacional. Se recomienda el cálculo del riesgo vascular de manera sistemática a todas las personas adultas con algún factor de riesgo vascular. Los objetivos terapéuticos para el colesterol LDL, la presión arterial y la glucemia no han cambiado respecto a las anteriores guías, pero se recomienda alcanzar estos objetivos de forma escalonada (etapas 1 y 2). Se recomienda llegar siempre hasta la etapa 2, y la intensificación del tratamiento dependerá del riesgo a los 10 años y de por vida, del beneficio del tratamiento, de las comorbilidades, de la fragilidad y de las preferencias de los pacientes. Las guías presentan por primera vez un nuevo modelo para calcular el riesgo -SCORE2 y SCORE2-OP de morbimortalidad vascular en los próximos 10 años (infarto de miocardio, ictus y mortalidad vascular) en hombres y mujeres entre 40 y 89 años. Otra de las novedades sustanciales es el establecimiento de diferentes umbrales de riesgo dependiendo de la edad (<50, 50-69, ≥70 años). Se presentan diferentes algoritmos de cálculo del riesgo vascular y tratamiento de los factores de riesgo vascular para personas aparentemente sanas, pacientes con diabetes y pacientes con enfermedad vascular aterosclerótica. Los pacientes con enfermedad renal crónica se considerarán de riesgo alto o muy alto según la tasa del filtrado glomerular y el cociente albúmina/creatinina. Se incluyen innovaciones en las recomendaciones sobre los estilos de vida, adaptadas a las recomendaciones del Ministerio de Sanidad, así como aspectos novedosos relacionados con el control de los lípidos, la presión arterial, la diabetes y la insuficiencia renal crónica (AU)

Statement of the Spanish Interdisciplinary Vascular Prevention Committee on the updated European Guidelines on Cardiovascular Disease Prevention.We present the Spanish adaptation of the 2021 European Guidelines on Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) prevention in clinical practice. In addition to an individualised approach, the current guidelines strongly emphasize the importance of health policy as a population prevention strategy.Routine CVD risk assessment is recommended in all adult individuals with a vascular risk factor. Treatment goals and targets for LDL cholesterol, blood pressure and glycaemic control in patients with diabetes mellitus have not changed from those in previous guidelines, although a stepwise approach (steps 1 and 2) is now being proposed. It is recommended to always reach step 2, with treatment intensification based on risk at 10 years and throughout life, the benefits of treatment, comorbidities, fragility and the preferences of the patient. For the first time, the guidelines propose a new model (SCORE 2 and SCORE2-OP) to assess the risk of fatal and non-fatal vascular events in the next 10 years (myocardial infarction, stroke and vascular mortality) in healthy men and women aged 40-89 years. Another important novelty is the establishment of different risk based on age (<50, 50-69, ≥70 years).The guidelines provide different algorithms for assessment of CVD risk and management of risk factors in apparently healthy persons, patients with diabetes and patients with known atherosclerotic CVD. Patients with chronic kidney disease are considered to be at high or very high-risk based on the glomerular filtration rate and albumin-to-creatinine ratio. They also include new lifestyle recommendations, adapted to those published by the Spanish Ministry of Health, as well as novel aspects concerning the control of lipid levels, blood pressure, diabetes and chronic renal failure. (AU)

Age at onset of smoking is an independent risk factor in peripheral artery disease development.

PURPOSE: The potential effects of age at onset of smoking on cardiovascular diseases have been studied little, in contrast to the well-established evidence supporting a causal role of cigarette smoking in these diseases. We sought to analyze the relationship between age at smoking onset and development of symptomatic peripheral arterial occlusive disease (PAOD). METHODS: A population-based sample of 573 active or former male smokers aged 55 to 74 years were studied. Present or previous symptomatic PAOD was confirmed by noninvasive testing. RESULTS: Sixty-one subjects (10.6%) had symptomatic PAOD. Prevalence of disease increased with earlier starting age (15.6% if 16 years) of smoking. After controlling for risk factors that meet confounding factor criteria (ie, subject age and number of pack-years), men who started smoking at age 16 or earlier had a substantially higher risk for development of PAOD (odds ratio, 2.19; 95% CI, 1.15-4.15; P =.016) than men who began to smoke at a later age. CONCLUSIONS: A starting age for smoking of 16 years or earlier more than doubles the risk of future symptomatic PAOD regardless of the amount of exposure to cigarette smoking.