The full guideline and Aus CVD Risk Calculator can be accessed at www.cvdcheck.org.au.Nelson, Mark RBanks, EmilyBrown, AlexChow, Clara KPeiris, David PStocks, Nigel PDavies AO, RebeccaRaffoul, NatalieKalman, LisaBradburn, EmilyMedical Journal of Australia...
Roughly 45 million people in the US take statins, the cholesterol-lowering medications used to prevent cardiovascular disease. Many patients without heart disease, though, are taking them based on older estimates of their risk of developing it. Now, research suggests that millions of them may no ...
The risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) is related to environmental factors and genetic variants. Apolipoprotein E (apoE) polymorphisms are heritable determinants of total and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, with some authors suggesting an association between the ε4 allele and CHD. We investigat...
ASCVD 10-Year risk calculator to predict the risk of a first hard ASCVD (atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease) event
Note:This decision aid cannot be used to predict cardiovascular risk in people with a non-HDL-cholesterol of 5.8 mmol/L or greater (>224 mg/dL), as it will substantially under-estimate the risk of cardiovascular events in these people. ...
Semi-structured interviews were conducted with a purposive sample of 25 GPs in New South Wales, Australia. Transcribed audio-recordings were thematically coded, using the Framework Analysis method to ensure rigour. Results GPs used absolute CVD risk within three different communication strategies: ‘posi...
Internal Medicine Podcast (14:56) Incremental Value of a Coronary Artery Calcium Score 1x 0:00 / 0:00 Subscribe to Podcast Key Points Question Is there an incremental gain from the addition of a coronary artery calcium score (CACS) to a standard cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk calculator?
The use of cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention guidelines based on absolute risk assessment is poor around the world, including Australia. Behavioural barriers amongst GPs and patients include capability (e.g. difficulty communicating/understanding risk) and motivation (e.g. attitudes towards guidelin...
The elevated cardiovascular disease risk among people with HIV is even greater than predicted by a standard risk calculator in several groups, including Black people and cisgender women, according to analyses from a large international clinical trial presented at the2024 Conference on Retroviruses and ...
The calculator walks users through a series of easy-to-follow questions about their lifestyle, such as "Do you smoke cigarettes?" and "During the past year, how often, on average, do you eat a serving of fruit?" Users receive a risk score of low (green), moderate (yellow), or high...