Headed in the right direction but at risk for miscalculation: A critical appraisal of the 2013 ACC/AHA risk assessment guidelines

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 63, Issue 25 PART A, 2014, Pages 2789-2794

  Amin, Nivee P ^a   Martin, Seth S ^a   Blaha, Michael J ^a   Nasir, Khurram ^a,b   Blumenthal, Roger S ^a   Michos, Erin D ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Baptist Health South Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

coronary artery calcium; guidelines; preventive cardiology; risk assessment

Indexed keywords

LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

ATHEROSCLEROTIC CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CALCULATION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIUM SCORE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FAMILY HISTORY; FAT INTAKE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFESPAN; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; MISCALCULATION; POPULATION RISK; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREECLAMPSIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; ACCURACY; AGE; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; INDIVIDUALIZATION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; REYNOLDS RISK SCORE;

CORONARY ARTERY CALCIUM; GUIDELINES; PREVENTIVE CARDIOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ALGORITHMS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84903279968     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2014.04.010     Document Type: Review

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