Guidelines on preventing cardiovascular disease in clinical practice
Key result
Clinical guidelines for cardiovascular disease prevention have shifted from managing individual risk factors based on relative risk to prioritizing treatment for patients at high absolute risk.
Population
Patients at risk of cardiovascular disease
Comparison
Cardiovascular risk management based on absolute… vs Management based on individual risk factors
Design
Editorial
Authors
Discussion
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Implication
Highlights the paradigm shift in cardiovascular disease prevention guidelines from focusing on individual risk factors to absolute risk assessment.
Structured PICO
P
Population
Patients at risk of cardiovascular disease
E
Exposure
Cardiovascular risk management based on absolute risk
C
Comparator
Management based on individual risk factors (relative risk)
Highlights the paradigm shift in cardiovascular disease prevention guidelines from focusing on individual risk factors to absolute risk assessment.
Cite This Study
Rod Jackson (2000) conducted an editorial in Cardiovascular disease. Absolute risk-based guidelines vs. Relative risk-based guidelines was evaluated. Clinical guidelines for cardiovascular disease prevention have shifted from managing individual risk factors based on relative risk to prioritizing treatment for patients at high absolute risk.