What’s my heart disease risk, doctor? A practical guide to the 2023 Australian CVD risk guideline

ABSTRACT The 2023 Australian Guideline for Assessing and Managing Cardiovascular Disease Risk with its new calculator takes a more holistic approach to estimating risk and patient classification. Apart from the classic risk factors of age, sex, smoking status, diabetes, blood pressure (BP) and lipids, it also considers the use of BP-lowering and lipid-modifying medicines, a diagnosis of atrial…

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