CVD risk assessment and management: Cardiovascular disease risk assessment and management
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- Clinical summary: Assessing cardiovascular risk
How should I determine whether a person is at high risk of cardiovascular events?
What blood tests are recommended when screening someone for cardiovascular disease risk?
Which calculator should I use to calculate a person's risk of cardiovascular disease?
How should I interpret the calculated cardiovascular risk?
What information and advice should I give a person when their CVD risk is assessed?
Clinical summary: Managing comorbidities to reduce cardiovascular risk
Which conditions need particular management because they are associated with increased risk of cardiovascular disease?
- Clinical summary: Advising on lifestyle to reduce cardiovascular risk
How can I encourage and support a person to adopt a healthy lifestyle?
What should I advise about adopting a cardioprotective diet?
What should I advise about stopping smoking?
What should I advise about physical activity?
What should I advise about alcohol consumption?
What should I advise about losing weight?
Clinical summary: Drug interventions to reduce cardiovascular risk
How should I manage lipids to reduce cardiovascular risk?
How should I manage blood pressure to reduce cardiovascular risk?
How should I prescribe antiplatelet therapy to reduce cardiovascular risk?
What treatment is recommended to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease after a myocardial infarction?
Publication Date: 01 Dec 2008
Publisher: CKS
Source: Clinical Knowledge Summaries
Keywords
Risk of cardiovascular disease
Topics
Determinants
Individual behaviour
Eating habits
Physical activity
Outcomes
Circulatory diseases
Cardiovascular diseases
Endocrine disorders
Diabetes
Management & interventions
Services
Population based & preventative services
Screening
The following Specialist Libraries also reference this resource
Cardiovascular Diseases
Stroke
Vascular
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Consensus on the Management of Cardiovascular Risk in Primary Care : a summary for general practice
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