What’s Behind the CV Risk Calculator Controversy? PLAINSBORO, N.J. — November’s dispute over the accuracy of the cardiovascular risk calculator, unveiled with great fanfare at the annual meeting of ...

Medical scholars on both sides of the very public dispute over new disease prevention guidelines from the American College of Cardiology (ACC) and the American Heart Association (AHA) expected ...

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Dr. Yancy: Let's discuss the risk calculator conundrum. Let's start with you, Bob, because you and I have been outsiders listening to these discussions. Objectively, what have you heard? Dr.

The predictive accuracy of a commonly used cardiovascular risk model is being called into question by findings of a large population-based study of patients, especially for its underestimation of risk ...

LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND — On two continents now, the controversial calculator of 10-year cardiovascular risk introduced last year in a new set of guidelines from the AHA and ACC classifies an ...

A new online tool based on the PREVENT equations offers detailed population-based estimates of cardiovascular risk out to 30 years in younger adults, with the predictions stratified by age and sex.

Background Annually, 4% of the global population undergoes non-cardiac surgery, with 30% of those patients having at least ...