Nearly half of those who later had a heart attack would not have been flagged as high risk just two days before the event.

A recent review concluded The PREVENT equations provide updated risk models for assessing cardiovascular disease risk.

Among older adults with established ASCVD, hospitalization for COPD increases risk of ASCVD hospitalization. The risk for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) hospitalization after chronic ...

Medium and high T2DM genetic risk not linked to increased risk for ASCVD when TV viewing is no more than one hour/day. (HealthDay News) — Medium and high type 2 diabetes (T2D) genetic risks are not ...

The presence of Coronary artery calcium (CAC) in low and borderline risk individuals is common, and CAC is associated with ...

ASCVD Risk Estimator Plus and PREVENT calculator would have classified many patients as low risk 48 hours before MI.

Adults aged 60-79 years who lost more than 5% of weight over 10 years had a significantly increased predicted 10-year risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) in an analysis based on ...

Experts discuss an example illustrating the association between lipoprotein(a) (Lp[a]) levels and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) risk and explore how this example can inform our ...

Menopause was independently associated with an elevated 10-year risk for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD). Even after comprehensive adjustment for age as well as lifestyle and metabolic ...

The study reveals that widely used heart-attack risk calculators fail to flag nearly half of those who will soon experience a ...