Mark R Nelson, Emily Banks, Alex Brown, Clara K Chow, David P Peiris, Nigel P Stocks, Rebecca Davies Ao, Natalie Raffoul, Lisa Kalman, Emily Bradburn, Garry Jennings
INTRODUCTION: The 2023 Australian guideline for assessing and managing cardiovascular disease risk provides updated evidence-based recommendations for the clinical assessment and management of cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk for primary prevention. It includes the new Australian CVD risk calculator (Aus CVD Risk Calculator), based on an equation developed from a large New Zealand cohort study, customised and recalibrated for the Australian population. The new guideline replaces the 2012 guideline that recommended CVD risk assessment using the Framingham risk equation...
April 16, 2024: Medical Journal of Australia