The European Society of Cardiology’s Cardiovascular Risk Collaboration- Is it Relevant to Irish Healthcare Professionals?

Written by Ian M Graham, Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine, Trinity College Dublin, Co-Chair, ESC Cardiovascular Risk Collaboration

1. In 2020 the Board of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) established a multidisciplinary Cardiovascular Risk Collaboration (CRC) in the European Heart health Institute in Brussels.

2. In apparently healthy persons, the risk of a heart attack or stroke relates strongly to the combined effects of smoking, cholesterol level and blood pressure, often combined with overweight, inactivity and consequent diabetes.