A new study raises concerns that the PREVENT calculator may underestimate cardiovascular risk in some young adult populations.

Many people have no idea what their risk is—until it's too late.

A recently unveiled cardiovascular disease risk calculator that measures a patient's risk for heart attack and stroke is better calibrated and more precise than its previous version, but if current ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Use of a new risk calculator could reduce eligibility for statins and BP drugs by nearly 16 million U.S. adults.

A new 30-year heart risk calculator is reshaping how adults think about cardiovascular health. Designed for people aged 30 to 59, it offers a longer view of potential danger, urging earlier lifestyle ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Those with stage 1 hypertension had lower 10-year ASCVD risk when estimated using new PREVENT equations. Use of ...

The rules for statin and blood pressure (BP) medication initiation may need to be rewritten if a new and improved cardiovascular risk prediction tool is broadly implemented, research suggested. Use of ...

Here's how to tell if your heart is trending towards accelerated aging—and what to do if it is, according to an expert cardiologist.

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.

A recently unveiled cardiovascular disease risk calculator that measures a patient’s risk for heart attack and stroke is better calibrated and more precise than its previous version, but if current ...

Female reproductive factors minimally impacted cardiovascular disease risk prediction models. Only female-specific factors as a group, not individually, were linked with marginal improvements in risk ...

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 ...