A cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk prediction tool developed by Northwestern Medicine scientists may also be effective for identifying which patients would most benefit from statin therapy, according ...

Share on Pinterest The American Heart Association is hoping people can better understand their heart disease risk thanks to a new tool. Thitikarn Paothongthai/Getty Images The American Heart ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The new AHA PREVENT equations are designed to predict long-term absolute risk tied to CV-kidney-metabolic ...

Millions of US adults would no longer need to take a statin for the primary prevention of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) if their eligibility were based on the new PREVENT risk ...

Emergency department physicians in all Kaiser Permanente Northern California hospitals can now use a risk tool to help them evaluate patients with heart failure who develop new or worsening symptoms.

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 ...

BIRMINGHAM, AL and BOSTON, MA — At the 2013 American Heart Association Scientific Sessions, the launch of the new calculator designed to assess the 10-year risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular ...