Key result
HeartScore provides a tailored tool to assess 10-year cardiovascular mortality risk in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Why the study?
Bosnia and Herzegovina has a higher rate of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality than EU countries, influenced by specific national conditions and risk factors.
The HeartScore program provides a localized, accessible tool for assessing 10-year cardiovascular mortality risk in Bosnia and Herzegovina, a country with a high burden of cardiovascular disease.
Highlights higher CVD burden in BiH; leaves open whether localized HeartScore adoption improves risk stratification or outcomes.
Cardiovascular diseases are still the major cause of death, morbidity, mortality and loss of quality of life in European countries and worldwide. In Bosnia and Herzegovina we have burden of cardiovascular diseases with higher rate of morbidity and mortality than in the countries of EU zone or broader Europe. The cause of mortality is in close relation to multiple risk factors but also with specific conditions in our country; post war situation, transition and overall economic position. The main mission of European Society of Cardiology is to improve quality of life in the European population by reducing the impact of cardiovascular diseases. HeartScore web based program and PS Standalone program are introduce to assesses the overall risk of cardiovascular death for a period of 10 years, based on variables such as age, sex, smoking, systolic blood pressure and cholesterol levels in the blood, or total cholesterol/HDL ratio. Standalone PS HeartScore is practical to use, requires no permanent internet connection, the system offers its own database for each patient and the print version of the guidelines to reduce risk factors, based on evidence based medicine Program is tailored to patients, the system provides a graphical representation of the absolute risk of CVD, a version for our country is developed on the principle of high-risk populations and is available in the languages of the peoples of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Program is available for all types of medical practice which is equipped with computers, the laptop, and suitable for community nursing service as well.
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Mašić et al. (2010) conducted a review in Cardiovascular diseases. HeartScore Programme was evaluated. The HeartScore program provides a tailored, evidence-based tool to assess 10-year cardiovascular death risk in Bosnia and Herzegovina, addressing the country's high burden of cardiovascular diseases.
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