Atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are the biggest causes of death worldwide.
In most people, CVD is the product of a number of causal risk factors. Several seemingly …

In this review of cardiovascular risk estimation, we focus on 4 key aspects:(1) The rationale
for estimating cardiovascular risk;(2) a comparison of current cardiovascular disease (CVD) …

†European guidelines on cardiovascular disease prevention in clinical practice: executive
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Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease is now the major global cause of death, despite
reductions in CVD deaths in developed societies. Dyslipidemias are a major contributor, but …

BACKGROUND: Elevated resting heart rate (RHR) is known to be associated with reduced
survival but inconsistencies remain, including lack of significance in most studies of healthy …

Background Although cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the biggest global cause of death,
CVD mortality is falling in developed countries. There is concern that this trend may be offset …

Abstract Background Systematic COronary Risk Evaluation (SCORE), the risk estimation
system recommended by the European guidelines on cardiovascular disease prevention …

Background Options for the prevention of cardiovascular disease, the greatest global cause
of death, include population preventive measures (the Rose approach), or specifically …

Objectives A young person with many risk factors may have the same level of risk as an
older person with no risk factors. Thus a high-risk 40-year-old may have a risk age of 60 …

The EUROASPIRE audits of risk factor control have indicated that, even in those with
established coronary heart disease, risk factor control remains poor. We therefore analysed …