A new study raises concerns that the PREVENT calculator may underestimate cardiovascular risk in some young adult populations.

Share on Pinterest The American Heart Association is hoping people can better understand their heart disease risk thanks to a new tool. Thitikarn Paothongthai/Getty Images The American Heart ...

The new American Heart Association PREVENTTM risk calculator estimates the 10- and 30-year risk of total cardiovascular disease for people aged 30 years and older. The calculator estimates the risk of ...

Haupt is a health and wellness editor at TIME. Haupt is a health and wellness editor at TIME. More than 99% of people who suffer a heart attack, stroke, or heart failure have at least one risk factor ...

Millions of US adults would no longer need to take a statin for the primary prevention of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) if their eligibility were based on the new PREVENT risk ...

A new online tool based on the PREVENT equations offers detailed population-based estimates of cardiovascular risk out to 30 years in younger adults, with the predictions stratified by age and sex.

Based on the PREVENT risk calculator, researchers developed age- and sex-specific percentiles for 30-year absolute risk estimates for cardiovascular disease. Framing risk relative to peers by age and ...