controversy about the NEW cardiovascular risk calculator
January 2014
You'll also hear controversy about the NEW cardiovascular risk calculator.
It's part of the new ACC/AHA cholesterol guidelines...and REPLACES the Framingham risk assessment.
It determines a patient's 10-year risk of an MI or stroke based on their sex, age, race, total and HDL cholesterol, diabetes, systolic BP, hypertension treatment, and smoking status.
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