Predicting cardiovascular disease.
<b>An over-abundance of risk models offering few real benefits to patients</b><p> Emerging as a leading cause of death in the early 20th century and peaking in incidence in the 1960s, cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains a major global threat despite a progressively reducing incid...
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BMJ Publishing Group
2016
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| Summary: | <b>An over-abundance of risk models offering few real benefits to patients</b><p> Emerging as a leading cause of death in the early 20th century and peaking in incidence in the 1960s, cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains a major global threat despite a progressively reducing incidence and case fatality for myocardial infarction and stroke. Since then, development of preventive interventions (pharmaceutical and lifestyle) led to a plethora of prediction models designed to identify those at risk, summarised in the linked systematic review by Damen and colleagues.</p> |
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