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 Am Heart Assn cholesterol guidelines.
It determines a patient's 10-year risk of a heart attack or stroke based on their sex, age, race, total and HDL cholesterol, diabetes, systolic BP, hypertension treatment, and smoking status.
Critics will say that it sometimes under- or overestimates risk.
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