A new study in the Annals of Internal Medicine finds that most of the commonly employed tools to calculate cardiovascular risk seriously overestimate the risk of people today. Calculating ...

(Updated) In the face of a highly critical story in the New York Times by Gina Kolata about the new cardiovascular guidelines, authors of the guidelines and leaders of the American Heart Association ...

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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 ...

NEW YORK — In line with American Heart Month, Boehringer Ingelheim's Micardis has introduced a cardiovascular risk-reduction calculator, designed to assess patients' cardiovascular risk. The ...

Dr. Yancy: Let's move forward. What are the 4 groups that were identified as the people in whom we should consider statin therapy for prevention (without question)? Dr. Robinson: First, the vast ...

A new calculator estimates a person's risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD) over the next 30 years by combining measures of cardiovascular, kidney and metabolic health for the first time, according to ...

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 ...

Are you diabetic? Are you a smoker? Are you worried about your heart health or do you fear that you might suffer from a heart failure or heart attack in near future? This cardiovascular diseases risk ...