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In 2010, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) ceased recommending any single risk scale (1) for the assessment of cardiovascular risk in primary prevention due to a lack of evidence that the previously recommended Framingham-Anderson scale was more predictive than other existing scales. This was amended in the 2014 . . . Read more

Integrating risk vs. benefit scales (e.g. primary prevention treatment vs. bleeding risk) As discussed in Structure of this Wiki, risk assessment scales are generated to assist physicians in decision making to implement interventions that will reduce the risk of an identified illness. However, both sides of the balance scale must be . . . Read more

Click on the linked titles opposite to find out more about the literature review and identify references for validation studies pertaining to specific scales. Introduction Project background Aim and Methodology Literature Search Strategy Presentation of data from literature review (year of development) Scales developed by Framingham Heart Study  (1991 to 2008) . . . Read more

1) Other primary predictions of cardiovascular diseases  (NEW AND OPEN FOR DEVELOPMENT!) Short intro: For predicting risk of developing cardiovascular disease in the general population without having prior diagnosis of the disease Prediction of stroke only (input invited) Prediction of hypertension only (input invited) 2) Preoperative risk assessment (NEW AND OPEN FOR DEVELOPMENT!) . . . Read more

Primary publication: Thompson MJ,Elton RA,Sturgeon KR,Manclark SL,Fraser AK,Walker WS, Cameron EW. The Edinburgh cardiac surgery score survival prediction in the long stay ICU cardiac surgical patient. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1995;9:419-25.

List of scales: The Ontario scoring system – 1995 European system for cardiac operative risk evaluation (euroSCORE II) – 2011 The Parsonnet score – 1989 Cleveland Clinic score – 1992 French score – 1995 Quality Measurement and Management Initiative (QMMI) – 2001 Cardiac Anesthesia Risk Evaluation (CARE) score Edinburgh cardiac surgery score – 1995

Primary publication Levy WC, Mozaffarian D, Linker DT, et al. The Seattle Heart Failure Model. Prediction of Survival in Heart Failure. Circulation. 2006; 113:1424-1433.

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Primary Publication: Amarasingham R, Moore BJ, Tabak YP. An automated model to identify heart failure patients at risk for 30-day readmission or death using electronic medical record data. Med Care. 2010 Nov;48(11):981-8. PMID: 20940649

Primary publication: Vazquez, R., et al., The MUSIC Risk score: a simple method for predicting mortality in ambulatory patients with chronic heart failure. Eur Heart J, 2009. 30(9): p. 1088-96.