What are the 2016 European Guidelines on cardiovascular disease prevention?
The 2016 European Guidelines on cardiovascular disease prevention are outlined in the Sixth Joint Task Force of the European Society of Cardiology and Other Societies on Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Clinical Practice (constituted by representatives of 10 societies and by invited experts). These guidelines were developed with the special contribution of the European Association for Cardiovascular Prevention & Rehabilitation (EACPR) and were published in the Eur Heart J. in 2016;37:2315 81. The guidelines advocate for the use of aspirin for primary cardiovascu- lar risk prevention and beyond in diabetes mellitus, as outlined in the article by Capodanno D, Angiolillo DJ. Circulation. 2016;134:1579 94.