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A New Cardiovascular Risk Calculator from the American Heart Association

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The “PREVENT” calculator differs from the widely used ASCVD risk estimator in several important ways. The calculator that most clinicians use to estimate risk for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) and inform primary prevention –— especially initiation of statins –— was developed in 2013 by researchers associated with the American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association (ACC/AHA). The variables included in that calculator are age, sex, race, blood pressure, total and HDL cholesterol, and histories of smoking, diabetes, and treatment for hypertension. However, many clinicians might not be aware that the AHA — in collaboration with a kidney disease research group — recently developed a new CV risk predictor called PREVENT, an acronym for Predicting Risk of cardiovascular disease EVENTs (Circulation 2024 Feb 6; 149:430). A calculator derived from PREVENT data now is available, and it differs from the 2013 ACC/AHA tool in four essential ways. The new tool is based

Loading... A New Cardiovascular Risk Calculator from the American Heart Association | NEJM Clinician Clinical Spotlight A New Cardiovascular Risk Calculator from the American Heart Association Allan S. Brett, MD Allan S. Brett, MD Jun 27, 2024 Allan S. Brett, MD Allan S. Brett, MD June 27, 2024 Allan S. Brett, MD Allan S. Brett, MD June 27, 2024 Topics Cardiology Hypertension (Cardiology) Lipids Geriatrics/Aging Geriatrics/Aging General Clinical Medicine Clinical Medicine General Hospital-Based Clinical Medicine Outpatient-Based Clinical Medicine The “PREVENT” calculator differs from the widel

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