ORIGINAL ARTICLES Global cardiovascular risk management in different Italian regions: An analysis of the evaluation of final feasible effect of control training and ultra sensitisation (EFFECTUS) educational program * G. Tocci a , A. Ferrucci a , P. Guida c , A. Corsini g , A. Avogaro d , M. Comaschi h , C. Cortese e , C.B. Giorda k , E. Manzato j , G. Medea n , G.F. Mureddu f , G. Titta l , G. Ventriglia n , G. Riccardi i , G.B. Zito m , M. Volpe a,b, * a Chair and Division of Cardiology, II Faculty of Medicine, University “Sapienza", Sant’Andrea Hospital, Rome, Italy b IRCCS Neuromed, Pozzilli (IS), Italy c Cardiology Unit, Emergency and Organ Transplantation Department, University of Bari, Bari, Italy d Department of Clinic and Experimental Medicine, Chair of Metabolic Diseases, University of Padua, Padua, Italy e Department of Internal Medicine, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Rome, Italy f Department of Cardiovascular Disease, San Giovanni-Addolorata Hospital, Rome, Italy g Department of Pharmacological Sciences, University of Milan, Milan, Italy h Department of Emergency, University of Genua, San Martino Hospital, Genoa, Italy i Division of Endocrinology and Metabolic Disease, University "Federico II", Naples, Italy j Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Padua, Padua, Italy k Metabolism and Diabetes Unit, ASL Turin 5, Chiari (TO), Italy l Italian Federation of General Medicine, Turin, Italy m Cardiology Unit, ASL Napoli 5, Pompei (NA), Italy n Italian Society of General Medicine, Italy Received 25 February 2010; received in revised form 3 October 2010; accepted 12 October 2010 KEYWORDS Global cardiovascular risk; Cardiovascular risk management; Abstract Background and Aim: The Final Evaluation Feasible Effect of Ultra Control Training and Sensitization (EFFECTUS) is an educational program, aimed at improving global CV risk stratification and management in Italy. The present study evaluates differences on clinical approach to global CV risk among physicians involved in the EFFECTUS program and stratified in three geographical macro-areas (North, Center, South) of our Country. * Disclosure: Authors have been supported by a grant funding from Merck Sharp & Dohme, Italy. * Corresponding author. Chair and Division of Cardiology, II Faculty of Medicine, University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Sant’Andrea Hospital, Via di Grottarossa 1035-9, 00189 Rome e Italy. Tel.: þ39 06 3377 5654; fax: þ39 06 3377 5061. E-mail address: massimo.volpe@uniroma1.it (M. Volpe). available at www.sciencedirect.com journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/nmcd Nutrition, Metabolism & Cardiovascular Diseases (2010) xx,1e8 + MODEL Please cite this article in press as: Tocci G, et al., Global cardiovascular risk management in different Italian regions: An analysis of the evaluation of final feasible effect of control training and ultra sensitisation (EFFECTUS) educational program, Nutrition, Metabolism & Cardiovascular Diseases (2010), doi:10.1016/j.numecd.2010.10.009 0939-4753/$ - see front matter ª 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. doi:10.1016/j.numecd.2010.10.009