A risk-assessment tool incorporating NT-proBNP and high-sensitivity troponin performs better than clinical scores for predicting stroke among patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) who are taking oral ...

Paul D. Jacobs ([email protected]), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, Maryland. There is widespread agreement that taxpayers pay more when Medicare beneficiaries are enrolled in ...

Two newly developed tools for predicting 10-year risk of cardiovascular mortality in patients with established atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) outperform a model commonly used to assess ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Researchers said common risk variants help explain why epilepsy occurs in some family members and not others.

Coronary artery calcium (CAC) scores have become a non-invasive way for physicians to easily determine how much plaque has built up inside a patient's coronary arteries, but the question has been how ...

Coronary artery calcium (CAC) scores have become a non-invasive way for physicians to easily determine how much plaque has built up inside a patient’s coronary arteries, but the question has been how ...

For too long, financial advisors have been making asset allocation decisions for their clients according to a “risk score,” a figure developed around client questionnaires to determine how much risk ...