Key result
Comprehensive risk assessment guides preventative interventions across conditions that increase cardiovascular disease risk.
Why the study?
Improved preventative strategies including better recognition and management of cardiovascular risk factors have contributed to improved outcomes in CVD, necessitating guidance on risk assessment and intervention.
Supports routine CVD risk estimation in UK general practice; leaves open validation of tools in evolving populations.
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in the UK. However, outcomes have improved dramatically over the past few decades. This is partly due to more effective therapeutic options, but is also due to improved preventative strategies which include better recognition and management of risk factors. This article outlines the conditions and situations that increase the risk of CVD for a patient, as well as approaches to estimate the level of risk. This in turn can guide recommendations for interventions.
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Rebecca Cunningham (2022) conducted a review in Cardiovascular disease. This review outlines conditions that increase cardiovascular disease risk and approaches to estimate risk to guide preventative interventions.
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