Whether to measure Lp(a), a lipoprotein associated with increased cardiovascular risk, and how to use that information in risk assessment is a hot topic in cardiovascular medicine. The American Heart ...
This study validates the Predicting Risk of CVD Events (PREVENT) score across diverse racial and ethnic populations, highlighting its effectiveness in predicting cardiovascular risk and mortality, ...
Use of cystatin C and SGLT2 inhibitors were highlighted in the Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) organization's updated clinical practice guideline. In a synopsis of the recently ...
PITTSBURGH – If national guidelines are revised to incorporate a new risk equation, about 40% fewer people could meet criteria for cholesterol-lowering statins to prevent heart disease, according to a ...
The full PREVENT equations produced similar results. Mean calibration revealed slight overestimation of CVD risk in non-Hispanic Asian adults (0.96-1.33) and underestimation in Native Hawaiian and ...
Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The PREVENT equation may more accurately guide aspirin initiation vs. the Pooled Cohort Equations. Many patients ...
An online tool that uses two kidney failure risk equations appears to accurately predict the probability of kidney failure at 2 and 5 years in individuals with chronic kidney disease (CKD) across a ...
Dropping the current calculator for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) risk assessment—the pooled cohort equations (PCEs)—and adopting the American Heart Association’s PREVENT calculator ...
A recent study based on real-world community patient data confirms the effectiveness of the Pooled Cohort Equation (PCE), developed by the American Heart Association and the American College of ...