Estimating Longitudinal Risks and Benefits from Cardiovascular Preventive Therapies among Medicare Patients: The Million Hearts Longitudinal ASCVD Risk Assessment Tool: A Special Report from the American Heart Association and American College of Cardiology

Circulation

Volumn 135, Issue 13, 2017, Pages e793-e813

  Lloyd Jones, Donald M ^a   Huffman, Mark D ^a   Karmali, Kunal N ^a   Sanghavi, Darshak M ^a   Wright, Janet S ^a   Pelser, Colleen ^a   Gulati, Martha ^a   Masoudi, Frederick A ^a   Goff, David C ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

AHA Scientific Statements; cardiovascular diseases; morbidity; mortality; myocardial infarction; population; prevention; stroke

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CHOLESTEROL;

BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THERAPY EFFECT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MEDICARE; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85016254022     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIR.0000000000000467     Document Type: Review

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