The video briefs provide compact updates and expert commentary on news relevant for primary care
Baxdrostat 1 mg or 2 mg once daily led to statistically significant reductions in blood pressure compared with placebo at 12 weeks in patients with uncontrolled or treatment-resistant hypertension, according to a late-breaking trial presented in a Hot Line session today at ESC Congress 2025
View and read primary care perspectives on the investigator-initiated, parallel-arm unblinded randomised controlled AMALFI trial, eligible individuals were identified from 27 primary care practices in the UK via automated electronic health record searches
Prof Jakovljevic provides a brief overview of the STRATIFYHF study, an AI-based decision support system that could change the ways which heart failure is diagnosed and being managed
Prof. Seferovic highlights the importance of the STRATIFYHF study aiming to support early diagnosis of heart failure in Primary and Secondary care, by using an AI-based decision support system
"During the pandemic, we have lost sight of long-term conditions that are the biggest contributors to worse outcomes", says prof. Hobbs. "We need to restart and catch up in CVD prevention ASAP."
EPCCS 2019 Monika Hollander asks Peter van der Meer how comorbidities like renal dysfunction and cancer treatment affects management of patients with HF: what is known about treatment in patients with these comorbidities?
A brief impression of how EPCCS activities and plans can be useful for primary care physicians in Turkey.
A brief impression of how EPCCS activities and plans can be useful for primary care physicians in Ireland.
A brief impression of how EPCCS activities and plans can be useful for primary care physicians in France.
A brief impression of how EPCCS activities and plans can be useful for primary care physicians in Ukraine.
A brief impression of how EPCCS activities and plans can be useful for primary care physicians in Poland.
Prof. Christos Lionis gives a brief impression of how EPCCS activities and plans can be useful for primary care physicians.
A brief impression of how EPCCS activities and plans can be useful for primary care physicians in Greece.
A brief impression of how EPCCS activities and plans can be useful for primary care physicians in Slovakia.
A brief impression of how EPCCS activities and plans can be useful for primary care physicians in Spain.
A brief impression of how EPCCS activities and plans can be useful for primary care physicians in Serbia (in Serbian with English subtitles)
Drs. Cormac O'Dubhghaill (Ireland) and Zehra Dagli (Turkey), two country representatives in the EPCCS Council, summarise the proposed ambitions and plans to increase the outreach of EPCCS to European primary care doctors.
EPCCS 2019 Professor Peter van der Meer & Monika Hollander consider new recommendations in the latest ESC Guidelines on diagnosis and treatment of patients with HF, and the role GPs may play in this process.
EPCCS 2019 Profs Khunti and Hobbs discuss why CV risk needs attention in patients with diabetes, and how this can be mitigated. They also consider barriers that prevent optimal implementation of the evidence on effective management strategies.
EPCCS 2019 Dr. Machácová and prof. Hobbs discuss steps of management of patients with atrial fibrillation, from identification to treatment to lower the associated stroke risk, including best practice when optimal options are unavailable.
Profs. McManus and Hobbs consider the latest recommendations and insights on how to diagnose elevated blood pressure and when to initiate treatment.
Prof. Richard Hobbs provides information on the EPCCS council and board, and explains what evidence-based information members can find on the EPCCS website.
EPCCS Council member Francisco Javier Sanz Garcia provides a brief overview of the current organisation of primary care in Spain.
EPCCS Council member Hans Eguia provides a brief overview of the current organisation of primary care in Denmark.
EPCCS Council member Miguel-Angel Muñoz Pérez provides a brief overview of the current organisation of primary care in Spain.
EPCCS Council member Assist. Prof. dr. Milena Cojić provides a brief overview of the current organisation of primary care in Montenegro
EPCCS Council member Mihaela Daniela Balta provides a brief overview of the current organisation of primary care in Romania.
EPCCS Council member dr. Zehra Dagli provides a brief overview of the current organisation of primary care in Turkey
EPCCS Council member dr. Cormac Ó Dubhghaill provides a brief overview of the current organisation of primary care in Ireland
EPCCS Council member dr. Jan Oltrogge provides a brief overview of the current organisation of primary care in Germany
EPCCS Council member Bert Vaes, MD, PhD provides a brief overview of the current organisation of primary care in Belgium
EPCCS Council member Pawel Żuk provides a brief overview of the current organisation of primary care in Poland
EPCCS Council member Michaela Macháčová, MD provides a brief overview of the current organisation of primary care in Slovakia
EPCCS Council member Norbert Král provides a brief overview of the current organisation of primary care in Czech Republic
EPCCS Council member Maryna Dolzhenko provides a brief overview of the current organisation of primary care in Ukraine
EPCCS Council member Dr Mira Kis-Veljkovic provides a brief overview of the current organisation of primary care in Serbia
EPCCS 2018 Three professors discuss how best to measure blood pressure, when to call it hypertension, and once hypertension is diagnosed, what BP target to aim for, based on the latest scientific insights.
EPCCS 2018 Management of heart failure is complex, as it often concerns elderly patients who have comorbidities. Good cooperation between primary and secondary care can benefit these patients.
EPCCS 2018 Despite the known efficacy of lipid-lowering therapy, in clinical reality still many patients remain at high risk, for instance due to statin intolerance. The panel discusses how to manage this, and also which risk assessment tools can be used in which patients, to guide treatment decisions.
In his presentation, prof. Cos considered recent observations that novel classes of antidiabetic drugs can provide CV benefit in T2DM patients. Cos, Brotons and Hobbs discuss how this can improve management and outcomes of these patients.
EPCCS 2017 Prof. Richard McManus summarises the results of three large trials that evaluated different intensities of blood pressure management and different blood pressure targets. With prof. Richard Hobbs, he considers what lessons can be learned for primary care.
EPCCS 2017 Dr. Clare Taylor and dr. Arno Hoes discuss the major changes in the latest ESC HF Guidelines and summarise what they learned from the discussion about HF management in different countries.
EPCCS 2017 Dr. Frans Rutten and dr. Carlos Brotons summarise the latest updates in the ESC guidelines on dyslipidaemia, relevant for the GP, and summarise the discussion this presentation sparked among the EPCCS audience.
EPCCS 2017 In their summary of the EPCCS session on behaviour change, dr. Monika Hollander and prof. Christi Deaton highlight which techniques to help patients improve risk behaviour can be employed.
Prof. Richard Hobbs (Oxford, UK) and Prof. Paul Aveyard (Oxford, UK) discuss the evidence base of effectiveness of health behaviour changes and how GPs can best play a role in stimulating a patient to engage in lifestyle modifications to reduce their CV risk.
Richard McManus (Oxford, UK) and Monika Hollander (Utrecht, The Netherlands) discuss which blood pressure measurement method is best to identify true hypertension in primary care and how this should be treated.
Richard Hobbs (Oxford, UK) and Arno Hoes (Utrecht, The Netherlands) summarise the lively discussion after Hoes' talk on dilemmas in lipid-lowering in primary care.
Prof. David Fitzmaurice (Birminham, United Kingdom) gives a preview of what will be covered in the EPCCS Stroke Prevention in Atrial Fibrillation Guidance Document, which has been composed by an EPCCS Working Group on the subject. The manuscript has been accepted for publication
