2019 by the American College of Cardiology Foundation and the American Heart Association, Inc. ACC/AHA CLINICAL PRACTICE GUIDELINE 2019 ACC/AHA Guideline on the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease: Executive Summary A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines Circulation https://www.ahajournals.org/journal/circ WRITING COMMITTEE MEMBERS Donna K. Arnett, PhD, MSPH, FAHA, Co-Chair Roger S. Blumenthal, MD, FACC, FAHA, Co-Chair Michelle A. Albert, MD, MPH, FAHA* Andrew B. Buroker, Esq Zachary D. Goldberger, MD, MS, FACC, FAHA Ellen J. Hahn, PhD, RN* Cheryl Dennison Himmelfarb, PhD, RN, ANP, FAHA* Amit Khera, MD, MSc, FACC, FAHA* Donald Lloyd-Jones, MD, SCM, FACC, FAHA* J. William McEvoy, MBBCh, MEd, MHS* Erin D. Michos, MD, MHS, FACC, FAHA* Michael D. Miedema, MD, MPH* Daniel Mu oz, MD, MPA, FACC* Sidney C. Smith Jr, MD, MACC, FAHA* Salim S. Virani, MD, PhD, FACC, FAHA* Kim A. Williams Sr, MD, MACC, FAHA* Joseph Yeboah, MD, MS, FACC, FAHA* Boback Ziaeian, MD, PhD, FACC, FAHA *ACC/AHA Representative. Lay Representative. ACC/AHA Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines Liaison. Task Force Performance Measures Representative. The American Heart Association requests that this document be cited as follows: Arnett DK, Blumenthal RS, Albert MA, Buroker AB, Goldberger ZD, Hahn EJ, Himmelfarb CD, Khera A, Lloyd-Jones D, McEvoy JW, Michos ED, Miedema MD, Mu oz D, Smith SC Jr, Virani SS, Williams KA Sr, Yeboah J, Ziaeian B. 2019 ACC/AHA guideline on the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease: executive summary: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines. Circulation. 2019;140:e563 e595. DOI: 10.1161/CIR.0000000000000677. 