Cardiovascular Risk Calculators Fail Some Patients With HIV
Feb 24, 2025 · A common CV risk factor calculator for patients with HIV underestimates risk for Black patients and women, while risk for those in low-income countries is overestimated.
Current Risk Scores Miss Nearly Half of First Heart Attacks
Nov 25, 2025 · Nearly half of adults with a first myocardial infarction show low or borderline risk on current risk estimators. Most develop symptoms only within 48 hours and would not qualify for statins …
Risk-Calculator Flaws Not Explained by Statin Use - Medscape
Oct 7, 2014 · In an attempt to understand why the WHS cohort had a lower 10-year risk of ASCVD than that using the ACC/AHA risk calculator, researchers asked whether patients starting statins or …
Should CV Risk Equations Add Lp (a)? - Medscape
Jun 23, 2025 · They also demonstrated that adding Lp (a) to the pooled cohort equations ASCVD risk calculator correctly reclassified 45% of borderline-intermediate risk patients who experienced …
CV Risk Assessment: A Process, Not a Calculation - Medscape
Nov 16, 2018 · Let's start with the atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) risk calculator and the pooled cohort equations. I understand that we are using the same pooled cohort equations as …
New Cardiovascular Disease Risk Calculator Debated Again
Dec 13, 2013 · The REGARDS researchers provide some clarification on their trial and suggest the new cardiovascular disease risk equation might be more valid than suggested by two Boston researchers.
Single Chest X-Ray Could Predict 10-Year CVD Risk - Medscape
Dec 2, 2022 · They compared their model's ability to predict 10-year ASCVD risk with the standard ACC/AHA model. "Based on a single chest radiograph image, deep learning can predict the risk of …
Good Performance for Universal CVD Risk Prediction Model
Feb 12, 2024 · A universal cardiovascular disease (CVD) prediction tool performs well in patients with and without atherosclerotic CVD (ASCVD), a new study showed, suggesting this model could …
AACE Publishes Guideline on Drug Management of Dyslipidemia
Feb 13, 2025 · It includes 13 evidence-based recommendations for the pharmacologic management of adults with dyslipidemia, focused on patient-important outcomes of ASCVD risk reduction.
Less TV Time Cuts ASCVD Risk Despite Genetic Risk for T2D
Mar 20, 2025 · Limiting television viewing to ≤ 1 hour/day may reduce the risk for heart disease, even in individuals with a high genetic risk for type 2 diabetes, a UK Biobank study reveals.