Topic

Cardiovascular risk assessment

The clinical practice of estimating an individual's chance of heart attack or stroke from lab markers, imaging and risk factors, usually through a scoring tool with a fixed time horizon.

Current clusters

science1 publisher

AHA and ACC now tell doctors to treat high cholesterol earlier and more aggressively

AHA and ACC released their first dyslipidemia guidelines since 2018, adding coronary artery calcium, ApoB and Lp(a) to the risk workup. Their stated rationale is how long a patient's cholesterol has been high.

Publishers:theconversation.com

Reality

Evidence52
Adoption: Insufficient
Hype gap+8
Incentives30
Confidence55