The European Primary Care Cardiovascular Society 2015 Cardiovascular Disease Expert MasterClass.

Scientific programme endorsed by Council for Cardiovascular Primary Care (CCPC), European Society of Cardiology; Primary Care Diabetes Europe (PCDE); WONCA Europe.

DAY ONE

12.15 Registration and Exhibition

12.45 Welcome and introduction to EPCCS 2015

New format and new outputs: In response to audience feedback, this meeting will cover major issues in a debate format, interspersed with a few short update sponsored talks. The main debate sessions will present the most up to date evidence on a range of key cardiovascular topics and what this means for clinical primary care practice. However, recognising that the evidence base has areas of uncertainty and evidence gaps, we will use this meeting format to conclude what we evidence should be implemented, where uncertainties remain, and how we should deal with this. The outputs from EPCCS 2015 will be prepared for subsequent key points on the website, free-standing papers, and guidance documents, translated where possible.

13.00 Preventing thrombotic events and stroke

Sponsored talk (Boehringer-Ingelheim)

13.30 Main CVD Risk Factors: Session 1 – Health behaviour changes

What interventions change behaviour? Is exercise change important? Can anything useful be done briefly? Can we rank what works?

Chairs: Arno Hoes & Richard Hobbs

13.30 What’s the evidence base for health behaviour modification in the guideline updates?

Prof Paul Aveyard, University of Oxford

14.00 Panel/audience debate on the main issues for general practice

14.45 What are remaining questions for primary care on health behaviour change?

Session Chair & Main speaker

15.00 Consensus summary

15.10 Tea break and Exhibition & Posters

15.40 Main CVD Risk Factors: Session 2 – Elevated Lipids

Is there evidence beyond statins? Is HDL a target for intervention? Does it matter if we only use statins or do we need new therapies? Are statins as ineffective or intolerant and some say they are?

Chairs: Richard Hobbs & Carlos Brotons

15.40 What’s the evidence base for lipid modification in the guideline updates?

Professor Arno Hoes, University of Utrecht

16.10 Panel/audience debate on the main issues for general practice

16.50 What are research questions for primary care on elevated lipids?

Session Chair & Main speaker

17.20 Consensus summary on lipids

DAY TWO

08.45 Welcome and Introduction

08.45 EPCCS Rapid Abstract Session: Freestanding abstracts from EPCCS members

8 sessions of 10 minutes each (5 + 5 mins)

This popular session of submitted and quality selected member abstracts remains

10.30 Exhibition and Posters Morning