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LEAD ADVISORS Robert P. Giugliano, MD, SM Brigham and Women's Hospital, USA Marc P. Bonaca, MD, MPH Brigham and Women's Hospital, USA Jacob A. Udell, MD, MPH Women's College Hospital, Canada Nihar R. Desai, MD, MPH Yale-New Haven Hospital, USA Matthew Cavender, MD, MPH Brigham and Women's Hospital, USA Sameer Bansilal, MD, MS Mount Sinai Hospital, USA Erin A. Bohula May, MD, PhD Brigham and Women's Hospital, USA Dylan L. Steen, MD, MS University of Cincinnati, USA GLOBAL ADVISORY BOARD Robert P. Giugliano, MD, SM Brigham and Women's Hospital, USA Philip E. Aylward, BM BCh, PhD Flinders Medical Centre, Australia Sameer Bansilal, MD, MS Mount Sinai Hospital, USA Jeroen J. Bax, MD, PhD Leiden University Medical Center, Netherlands Erin A. Bohula May, MD, PhD Brigham and Women's Hospital, USA Marc P. Bonaca, MD, MPH Brigham and Women's Hospital, USA Alfred Bove, MD, PhD Temple University, USA Conville Brown, MD Past-President, Caribbean Cardiac Society, Bahamas Matthew Cavender, MD, MPH Brigham and Women's Hospital, USA Ramon Corbalán Pontificia Universidad Católica, Chile Anthony J. Dalby, MB, ChB, FCP Milpark Hospital, South Africa Gaetano M. De Ferrari, MD University of Pavia, Italy Anthony N. DeMaria, MD Editor-in-Chief Emeritus, Journal of the American College of Cardiology, USA Nihar R. Desai, MD, MPH Yale-New Haven Hospital, USA Martin Didier, MBBS, DM(MED) Tapion Hospital, St. Lucia Michael Farkouh, MD, MSc Peter Munk Cardiac Centre, University Health Network, Canada Timothy J. Gardner, MD Past-President, American Heart Association, USA Gregory R. Giugliano, MD, SM Baystate Medical Center, USA Eva Gonçalvesova, MD, PhD Past-President, Slovak Society of Cardiology, Slovak Republic Shinya Goto, MD, FACC Tokai University School of Medicine, Japan Milan Luknar, MD National Institute of Cardiovascular Disease, Slovak Republic Raymond Massay, MD Bracebridge Medical Centre, Barbados Jose Carlos Nicolau, MD, PhD, FACC Heart Institute (InCor), Brazil Fausto Pinto, MD University of Lisbon, Portugal Dylan L. Steen, MD, MS University of Cincinnati, USA Jacob A. Udell, MD, MPH Women's College Hospital, Canada Uwe Zeymer, MD Klinikum Ludwigshafen and Institut für Herzinfarktforschung Ludwigshafen, Germany ESC CONGRESS 2015 IN REVIEW FOCUS ON PREVENTION Official Peer-Reviewed Highlights From ESC Congress 2015 FEATURED ARTICLES 2 Future Perspectives in Cardiovascular Disease Prevention 4 The Global Challenge to Reduce Cardiovascular Disease by 25% by 2025 CLInICAL TRIAL HIGHLIGHTS 6 Latest EUROASPIRE Surveys Reveal Continuing Health Concerns 7 VISION Findings: Preoperative Statin Use Linked With Lower 30-Day Risk of Major Cardiovascular Events 8 Low Adherence/Discontinuation of Statin Therapy Is Common and Detrimental in MI Patients 8 SUPPORT Findings: Smartphone App Bolsters Drug Adherence and Beneficial Lifestyle Changes in Myocardial Infarction Patients 10 Geneva Stairs Study Findings: Workplace Physical Activity Reduces Serum PCSK9 Levels SELECTED UPDATES 12 Advances in the Management of Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol 15 Beyond Statins in Treatment of Dyslipidemia Your FREE access to ESC Congress content all year long www.escardio.org/365 PUBLISHER Associate Director, Editorial Development Beth Johnson Senior Manager, Editorial Project Team Claire Stanton Developmental Editors Umair Shafique, MSc Laura Ware Medical Writers Brian Hoyle Nicola Parry Production Editor Stephanie Palermini Tel.: +1-781-897-5249 mdce@sagepub.com mdce.sagepub.com 400 West Cummings Park Suite 4000 Woburn, MA 01801 USA ESC CONGRESS 2015 IN REVIEW FOCUS ON PREVENTION OFFICIAL PEER-REVIEWED HIGHLIGHTS FROM The Publisher does not assume any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of the information supplied herein, nor for any opinion expressed. 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