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Analysis: Pooled-cohort risk equation overestimates CV risk in real-world cohort

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Applying the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association pooled-cohort risk equation to a ...
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Pooled Cohort Equations Work in Real-world Patients, Even Outliers

A decade after they were first introduced, the American College of Cardiology (ACC)/American Heart Association (AHA) pooled cohort equations (PCE) for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) ...
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Pooled Cohort Equations predict lower risk when CVD events surveillance excluded

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . CV risk prediction with the Pooled Cohort Equations was lower when surveillance for atherosclerotic CVD events ...
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Rethink Race in Pooled Cohort Equations for ASCVD, REGARDS Data Suggest

Neither removing race from the pooled cohort equations (PCE) nor adding social determinants of health (SDOH), appears to have an impact on predicting a patient’s 10-year risk of atherosclerotic ...
Medscape

REGARDS Analysis Answers Critics of New CV-Risk Equations

WASHINGTON, DC — Despite fears that it could extend statin therapy to vast swaths of the US population that might not need it, the risk equations recently introduced in the 2013 ACC/AHA Guideline on ...
Medscape

Should Cardiovascular Risk Equations Add Lp(a)?

Whether to measure Lp(a), a lipoprotein associated with increased cardiovascular risk, and how to use that information in risk assessment is a hot topic in cardiovascular medicine. The American Heart ...
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In patients without CVD or diabetes, pooled cohort equations may underestimate risk for CV event if other risk factors are present

Accurate prediction of cardiovascular disease risk is crucial for the success of preventive measures. The American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association (ACC/AHA) 2013 guidelines recommend ...