A multidisciplinary approach to reduce the burden of cardiovascular disease, with special reference to the allied professionals’ perspective: a clinical consensus statement by the European Society of Cardiology Task Force on Allied Professionals with
Management of cardiovascular disease (CVD) requires a multidisciplinary approach based on expert input from physicians, nurses, and many different allied professionals (APs). Key challenges in CVD include health inequalities, sub-optimal risk factor detection and adherence with clinical guidelines, human resourcing issues, and inadequate patient education. Allied professionals can play key roles in addressing these challenges. However, current service models will need to be transformed to better integrate APs. Appropriate strategies may include the development of shared pathways with improved definition of roles and responsibilities, creation of 'competency frameworks' to facilitate advanced practice among APs, and enhanced sharing of best practice models.
Authors
- T. Alexander Quinn (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2437-5785)
- M B Back
- Tom Butler (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0818-1566)
- Catherine Sheldrick Ross (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6311-9701)
- Andrea Greco (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2863-3195)
- Sotiris Antoniou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9149-1372)
- Lis Neubeck (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5852-1034)
- Dominique Hansen
- D A M J Theuns
- Amanda Rand
- Loreena Hill
- Rani Khatib
- Paul Dendale
Institutions
- Linköping University (SE)
- University of Bergamo (IT)
- Queen's University Belfast (GB)
- St Bartholomew's Hospital (GB)
- University of Leeds (GB)
- Edge Hill University (GB)
- St George's, University of London (GB)
- Edinburgh Napier University (GB)
- Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (GB)
- Sahlgrenska University Hospital (SE)
- Erasmus MC (NL)
- Jessa Hospital (BE)
- Hasselt University (BE)
- University of Gothenburg (SE)
- Erasmus University Rotterdam (NL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing
- Published
- 2026-01-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/eurjcn/zvaf165
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Cardiac Health and Mental Health
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 30.07