Prevention of cardiovascular diseases is one of the priorities of current cardiology. Authors describe the first experience with the project of prevention of cardiovascular diseases in the staff of the Faculty Hospital in Olomouc. In the pilot project, 418 women and 82 men filled in the questionnaire on main risk factors of cardiovascular diseases during the preventive examination. Nurses of the Department of Preventive Cardiology completed the collected data and attributed the size of risk of cardiovascular disease according to the tables. The physician evaluated the protocol and recommended a targeted intervention. The paper presents prevalence of risk factors in the studied group and compares it to the prevalence in general population. The medium and high risk of cardiovascular diseases in last 10 years was found in 13.4 % of the staff. The pilot project confirmed simplicity of evaluation of cardiovascular risk. Authors recommend the prevention of cardiovascular diseases to become a part of preventive examinations.

        Key words: prevention of cardiovascular diseases, health professionals, risk factors, targeted intervention