TCTMD

PREVENT Risk Calculator Means Fewer Patients on Statins, Antihypertensives

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 ...
TCTMD

PREVENT Risk Calculator Works Well in Patients With High and Low Lp(a)

The latest American Heart Association (AHA) calculator for assessing atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) risk performs well in patients with high and low lipoprotein(a) levels, a new ...
Acsh.org

AHA's New Risk Calculators Puts Heart Meds on a Diet

In 2013, the American Heart Association (AHA) thought it had heart disease prevention all figured out with their trusty "risk calculator." Fast forward a decade to the new and improved PREVENT ...
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PREVENT calculator predicts benefit of statin therapy at varying risk thresholds

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Ten-year predicted ASCVD risk of 4% or more may serve as an adequate threshold for statin initiation based on ...