A new study raises concerns that the PREVENT calculator may underestimate cardiovascular risk in some young adult populations.

What’s Behind the CV Risk Calculator Controversy? PLAINSBORO, N.J. — November’s dispute over the accuracy of the cardiovascular risk calculator, unveiled with great fanfare at the annual meeting of ...

Medical scholars on both sides of the very public dispute over new disease prevention guidelines from the American College of Cardiology (ACC) and the American Heart Association (AHA) expected ...

A recently unveiled cardiovascular disease risk calculator that measures a patient's risk for heart attack and stroke is better calibrated and more precise than its previous version, but if current ...

A new online tool based on the PREVENT equations offers detailed population-based estimates of cardiovascular risk out to 30 years in younger adults, with the predictions stratified by age and sex.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The National Institute on Aging has awarded a $2.2 million grant to investigators from Cleveland Clinic and The ...

The predictive accuracy of a commonly used cardiovascular risk model is being called into question by findings of a large population-based study of patients, especially for its underestimation of risk ...

A new calculator estimates a person's risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD) over the next 30 years by combining measures of cardiovascular, kidney and metabolic health for the first time, according to ...