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 study suggests that considering both short-term and long-term total cardiovascular disease risk could better inform blood pressure treatment decisions for individuals with stage 1 hypertension. This research adds to the growing evidence on how the new risk calculator could impact medica...
Despite being one of the leading causes of mortality and morbidity in the U.S. and globally, almost all CVD is preventable. Adults who remain free of clinical CVD risk factors when they are middle-aged have an extremely low risk of developing the disease for the rest of their life. The ...
"The orthodoxy wasracial differencesin cardiovascular outcomes require us to look at these groups differently," said Dr. Ghosh, who is also a fellow of the Center of Health Equity at Cornell University. "But we wanted to assess whether that supposition holds up empirically." Race as a social ...
Ten Year Risk%fractionratio Decimal Precision0123 Notes This calculator helps predict the 10-year risk of the followinghardASCVD events: First occurrence of nonfatal myocardial infarction CHD death Fatal or nonfatal stroke This calculator may overestimate risk (see Lancet reference) and a discussion ...
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...
US units Press 'Calculate' to view calculation results. Load an Example About This Calculator This peer-reviewed online calculator uses the Pooled Cohort Equations to estimate the 10-year primary risk of ASCVD (atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease) among patients without pre-existing cardiovascular dis...
LeFevre ML; US Preventive Services Task Force. Behavioral counseling to promote a healthful diet and physical activity for cardiovascular disease prevention in adults with cardiovascular risk factors: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendation statement. Ann Intern Med. 2014;161(8):587...
The calculator for high CVD risk countries was used, as Poland belongs to this category. Subsequently, the study population was divided into CV risk classes according to the latest recommendation 2021 ESC Guidelines on cardiovascular disease prevention in clinical practice [8]. Initially, high- and...
The so-called Framingham cardiovascular risk calculator was developed in 1991 on the basis of data gathered in the U.S. between 1968 and 1975. It is named after the town of the same name in Massachusetts, where a systematic evaluation of heart health had