Risk Assessment

Global longitudinal strain may be an effective tool for risk stratification of patients with chronic HF, according to data from the MyoVasc study published in JAMA Cardiology.

When deciding which patients qualify for outpatient procedures, surgeons should use experienced “eyeballs” with risk stratification assessment tools and neither of these should be used alone, according to an adult reconstruction specialist.

Using genetic markers with metabolic risk factors can predict an individual patient’s risk for developing liver related events due to non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, according to a researcher at The Liver Meeting Digital Experience.

A semi-supervised automated machine learning algorithm improved predictions of adverse events after transcatheter aortic valve replacement in patients with severe aortic stenosis compared with the Society of Thoracic Surgeons risk score.

Working with suicidal individuals is inevitable for clinicians, thus making it essential to understand suicide and create a plan for its risk assessment, according to a presenter at the Psych Congress 2020 Virtual Experience conference.

CV risk should be comprehensively assessed before noncardiac surgery, including a thorough history and physical examination, researchers found in a review.

Cardiologists should assess bleeding events in patients taking oral anticoagulation and discuss with them the best approach to minimize future risk, according to an American College of Cardiology expert consensus decision pathway.

Researchers have developed an online calculator to assess 5-year risk for life-threatening arrhythmic events in patients with long QT syndrome.

The risk for ventricular tachyarrhythmic events weighted against the risk for nonarrhythmic mortality predicted the likely benefit of implantable cardioverter defibrillators, according to data presented at the virtual Heart Rhythm Society Annual Scientific Sessions.

Computational markers have revealed that patients in treatment for opioid addiction are more likely to relapse when they develop greater tolerance to risks, according to results published in JAMA Psychiatry.