Abstract
Objective: To present the demands applied to the pharmacist's clinical activity in the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular diseases, through a narrative review that offers the benefits of the participation of this professional in health care staff. Bibliographic Review: Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are responsible for millions of deaths around the world. The increase in life expectancy and incidence of cardiovascular risk factors such as diabetes and uncontrolled high blood pressure, represent the main reasons for the increasing of CVDs in the last years. The pharmacist, who is able to identify and solve problems related to medication use, can offer significant contribution to the multi-professional health staff as well as patient care and safety. Final considerations: Although the performance of pharmaceutical clinic in the prevention and treatment of CVDs is still recent in Brazilian health services, it is possible to verify that the participation of this mentioned professional in health care multi-professional staffs can improve the quality of patient care, contributing to reduction in the incidence of errors related to drug therapy and in the improvement of therapeutic results related to the safety and efficiency of medicines.