Despite major advances in diagnosis and treatment, cardiovascular disease remains the leading cause of mortality globally. The 2021 ESC Guidelines on cardiovascular disease prevention were developed to support healthcare professionals in their efforts to reduce the burden of ASCVD in individual patients as well as at a population level. Comprehensive screening and cardiovascular risk stratification is an important aspect addressed in these guidelines, with important consequences for management of cardiovascular risk factors and specific treatment recommendations. This month’s FOCUS provides carefully selected resources on best practice around the use of risk scores in cardiovascular prevention. These resources include ESC Congress presentations, webinars, journal articles, a textbook chapter and an ESC eLearning course.

The content below was selected by Ronen Beeri, Konstantinos Koskinas and Stefano Nistri to help you delve into the various aspects of risk scores in cardiovascular prevention.