30-year risk of cardiovascular disease may help inform blood pressure treatment decisions
July 15, 2024
July 15, 2024
DALLAS, Texas, July 15 [Category: Health Care] -- The American Heart Association issued the following news release:
Research Highlights:
A comparison of two tools for calculating cardiovascular disease risk found that if only the current 10-year risk thresholds are applied, fewer adults may be recommended for blood pressure-lowering medication. The tools, The American Heart Association's new PREVENTTM tool and the Pooled Cohort Equations, were applied to a cross-section . . .
Research Highlights:
A comparison of two tools for calculating cardiovascular disease risk found that if only the current 10-year risk thresholds are applied, fewer adults may be recommended for blood pressure-lowering medication. The tools, The American Heart Association's new PREVENTTM tool and the Pooled Cohort Equations, were applied to a cross-section . . .