The AHA and ACCF recommend the use of programs such as the AHA s Get With The Guidelines,171 the American Cancer Society/ American Diabetes Association/AHA s Guideline Advantage Program,172 and the ACC s PINNACLE (Practice INNova- tion And CLinical Excellence) program173 to identify appro- priate patients for therapy, provide practitioners with useful reminders based on the guidelines, and continually assess the success achieved in providing these therapies to the patients who can benefit from them. In this regard, it is important that the healthcare provider not only implement the therapies according to their class of recommendation but also assess for and assist with patient compliance with these therapies in each patient encounter. Discussion of the literature and supporting references for many of the recommendations summarized in the present guideline can be found in greater detail in the upcoming ACCF/AHA guideline for manage- ment of patients undergoing PCI,174 ACCF/AHA guideline for management of patients with peripheral artery dis- ease,175,176 the AHA effectiveness-based guidelines for car- diovascular disease prevention in women,46 and in the AHA/ American Stroke Association guidelines for the prevention of stroke in patients with stroke or transient ischemic attack.123 Finally, the practitioner should exercise judgment in initi- ating the various recommendations if the patient has recently experienced an acute event. 