Goal was to develop health indicators and recommendations for monitoring the burden and distribution of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Manual of Operations for the implementation of population-based registers of acute myocardial infarction/acute coronary syndrome, stroke and of CVD surveys was the main result. 

Therefore, the aims of the EUROCISS project were:

• to define indicators for monitoring CVD
• to recommend standardized methods for collecting indicators in EU countries
• to prepare manuals of operations describing in detail procedures and methods for easy implementation of population-based registers and CVD surveys.