A new risk calculator accurately estimated the likelihood of adults developing dementia within ten years after a stroke, ...

Cardiovascular risk prediction using the new PREVENT calculator developed by the American Heart Association appears to have variable calibration depending on the patients, their underlying ...

A newer tool used to assess cardiovascular disease risk comes with both answers…and some questions. “These results were not surprising to us,” investigators Adam Bress, PharmD, MS, and Catherine ...

“I’ll worry about my heart health when I’m older.” That may be too late, doctors warn. While the average age for being diagnosed with heart disease in the United States is typically in the mid-60s for ...

Blood thinners, also known as anticoagulant medications, can reduce stroke risk for some people with A-Fib, but some people who take anticoagulants experience a breakthrough stroke anyway, with the ...

Who knew? Kidney disease is one of the warning signs for heart disease. If you want to lower your risk of total cardiovascular disease, including clogged arteries and heart failure, take a look at the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Ten-year predicted ASCVD risk of 4% or more may serve as an adequate threshold for statin initiation based on ...

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.