July 15, 2026Open Access
View Full Paper2013 ACC/AHA Guideline on the Assessment of Cardiovascular Risk
Key Result
The ACC and AHA collaborated with the NHLBI to develop guidelines for the assessment of cardiovascular risk to prevent cardiovascular diseases.
Key Points
- To present updated guidelines for assessing cardiovascular risk among adults.
- Developed evidence-based recommendations utilizing expert consensus and systematic reviews.
- Emphasized quantitative risk prediction models and the role of biomarkers in risk assessment.
- Highlighted lifestyle interventions and pharmacological strategies for managing elevated cardiovascular risk.
- The guideline recommends a revised calculator for cardiovascular risk which improves prediction accuracy.
- It specifies thresholds for initiating lifestyle changes and pharmacologic treatments based on risk levels.
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Abstract
Preamble and Transition to ACC/AHA Guidelines to Reduce Cardiovascular Risk S50 The goals of the American College of Cardiology (ACC) and the American Heart Association (AHA) are to prevent cardiovascular diseases (CVD); improve the management of people who have these diseases through professional education and research; and develop guidelines, standards, and policies that promote optimal patient care and cardiovascular health. Toward these objectives, the ACC and AHA have collaborated with the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) and stakeholder and professional organizations to develop …
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“A risk calculator will never be perfect, but this is a huge step ahead from where we were 12 years ago. We made it better for women, for African Americans, and for white men, too. We feel very confident that we are in a great place now, but as more data become available, we're very happy to see if we can improve it further. You can certainly criticize the calculator, but I don't know of anything that's better.”
Donald Lloyd-Jones, Professor of preventive medicine, Northwestern UniversityNorthwestern Universityauto_pipelineView source