Cardiovascular Disease Risk Assessment and Management for Primary Care
This publication has recommendations for cardiovascular disease risk assessment and risk management. It replaces previous advice on risk assessment
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About this item
- Issue date:
- 1 February 2018
- Status:
- Current
- Corporate Author:
- Manatū Hauora - Ministry of Health
- Document date:
- 1 February 2018
- Type:
- Report
- Topic:
- Diseases & conditions
- Copyright status:
Copyright Held by Non-Crown Party
- ISBN:
- 978-1-98-853933-1
Summary
Morbidity and mortality from cardiovascular disease (CVD) continues to be one of the largest burdens of disease for New Zealanders.
More people are surviving acute cardiac events, and there have been advances in preventing and treating CVD. However, it is still responsible for 40 percent of deaths (often premature and preventable) in New Zealand.
In the last two years significant work has been undertaken to develop new equations for primary prevention, based specifically on the New Zealand population using PREDICT cohort data.
This publication has recommendations for cardiovascular disease risk assessment and risk management.
It replaces previous advice on CVD risk assessment.