Background The current paradigm for cardiovascular disease (CVD) emphasises absolute
risk assessment to guide treatment decisions in primary prevention. Although the derivation …

Background A recent review concluded that general health checks fail to reduce mortality in
adults. Aim This review focuses on general practice-based health checks and their effects on …

Background: Coronary artery calcium (CAC) can be identified on nongated chest computed
tomography (CT) scans, but this finding is not consistently incorporated into care. A deep …

Background This is an update of a Cochrane review previously published in 2008. Smoking
increases the risk of developing atherosclerosis but also acute thrombotic events. Quitting …

We updated the evidence-based recommendations for the diagnosis, assessment,
prevention, and treatment of hypertension in adults for 2011. The major guideline changes …

OBJECTIVE: To compare different interventions used to communicate cardiovascular risk
and assess their impact on patient related outcomes. METHODS: A systematic search of six …

Abstract Background and Aims Knowledge of quantifiable cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk
may improve health outcomes and trigger behavioural change in patients or clinicians. This …

Objective To provide updated, evidence-based recommendations for the diagnosis and
assessment of adults with hypertension. Evidence MEDLINE searches were conducted from …

Background Cardiovascular risk management (CVRM) is notoriously difficult because of
multi-morbidity and the different phenotypes and severities of cardiovascular disease …

AIM: We assessed the association between risk factors and cardiovascular disease (CVD) in
an observational study of type 2 diabetes patients from the Swedish National Diabetes …