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EAPC Primary Care and Risk Factor Management Section

Topic(s):

Preventive Cardiology

Risk Factors and Prevention

This section contributes to the EAPC mission by investigating, defining standards, and promoting cardiovascular disease prevention in the primary care setting, including risk factor management for those at risk and those with established cardiovascular diseases.

Section Nucleus 2024–2026

Chair: Alessandro Biffi (IT)
Chair-Elect: Eduard Shantsila (UK)
Secretary: Panteleimon Papakonstantinou (GR)
Past Chair: Donata Kurpas (PL)

Nucleus members:

Oleksii Korzh (UA)
Maria Marketou (GR)
Trine Moholdt (NO)
Stefano Palermi (IT)
Zaneta Petrulioniene (LT)
Ilonca Vaartjes (NL)
Marco Vecchiato (IT)
Elio Venturini (IT)

Non-voting members:

Ana Abreu (PT), Executive Officer liaison
Edward Nicol (UK), Advisor Occupational Cardiology
Mark Abela (MT), Advisor Occupational Cardiology
Mats Borjesson (SE), Advisor Occupational Cardiology
Norma Caples (IE), liaison officer ACNAP
Dimitris Richter (GR), liaison officer ESC Council for Cardiology Practice
Ferdinando Petrazzuoli (IT), liaison officer WONCA Europe

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