[Trends and current questions of cardiovascular prevention in primary health care].

Although an impressive progress has been achieved in the treatment of cardiovascular diseases, they are at the top of the mortality statistics in Hungary. Prevention of these diseases is an essential task of the primary health care. Cardiovascular prevention is carried out at primary, secondary and tertiary levels using risk group and population preventive strategies.

[Continuing care of patients with cardiovascular risk in general practice: patients with hypertension and their care].

Introduction: Hypertension is an independent cardiovascular risk factor, therefore continuing care of patients with hypertension is an important task in cardiovascular prevention.

Aim: This study was aimed to investigate continuing care of hypertension in general practices. Method of the study was a questionnaire survey, and 830 adult patients were involved.

[Continuing care of patients with cardiovascular risk in general practice: diabetic patients and their care].

Introduction: Both types of diabetes mellitus are conditions with high cardiovascular risk.

Aims: This work was aimed to study the frequency of cardiovascular risk factors, macrovascular and microvascular complications and to assess the results of continuous diabetes care in an adult population with type 1 and type 2 diabetes. Method of the study was a questionnaire survey, altogether 400 patients, 49 with type 1 and 351 with type 2 diabetes, were enrolled to it.

[Continuing care of patients with cardiovascular risk in general practice: patients with dyslipidemia and their care].

Introduction: The role of dyslipidemia is essential in the development of atherosclerosis, therefore continuing care of dyslipidemic patients is an extremely important task in cardiovascular prevention.

Aims: This study was aimed to investigate continuing care of dyslipidemic patients in general practices. Method of the study was a questionnaire survey, 397 patients of 39 general practices were involved into the study.

[Cardiovascular risk among patients of general practices, who are not in current acute care].

Introduction: Cardiovascular diseases are the first in the Hungarian mortality statistics. Numerous factors are known that may be involved as risk factors in the development of these diseases, and the risk is multiplied when they occur simultaneously. The recommendations of the European and Hungarian professional societies regard the early exploration of these risk factors and the estimation of cardiovascular risk as extremely important, since the intervention to be introduced depends on the extent of the risk.