VIDEO: New CVD risk algorithm incorporates social determinants of health

BOSTON — The recently launched PREVENT risk scoring algorithm has the ability to enhance the prevention and management of CVD, according to Clyde W. Yancy, MD, MSc, MACP, MACC, FAHA, FHFSA.

PREVENT is an online calculator that evaluates 10- and 30-year absolute risk associated with cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic syndrome. It is “race agnostic” and allows physicians to incorporate traditional risk factors, as well as social determinants of health, said Yancy, a professor and chief of cardiology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.

This is part of a six-video Healio Video Exclusive in which Yancy recaps his talk at the ACP Internal Medicine Meeting on important updates in cardiology.

Read the full article on Yancy’s talk here and check out the other videos in this series:

• VIDEO: Newly defined syndrome is ‘a brilliant concept’ on stages of CVD risk
• VIDEO: Cardiovascular benefits of GLP-1 agonists ‘absolutely stunning’
• VIDEO: Small interfering RNA holds promise for cardiovascular care
• VIDEO: Use incidental calcification findings to estimate CVD risk
• VIDEO: Following Life’s Essential 8 leads to ‘much better outcomes’

References:

• PREVENT online calculator. https://professional.heart.org/en/guidelines-and-statements/prevent-calculator. Accessed May 3, 2024.
• Yancy CW. Update in cardiology. Presented at: ACP Internal Medicine Meeting; April 18-20, 2024; Boston.