New model enables simpler, cheaper estimate of heart failure risk Unexpected high-risk group is identified in study using PREVENT model

A new model to estimate heart failure About a year ago, the American Heart Association released the PREVENT calculator to predict cardiovascular risk. A report published yesterday used the tool to model risk of heart failure versus other types of cardiovascular disease and found that there’s a substantial group of people who are at risk for heart failure, but not for the common clogged arteries that can lead to angina, heart attacks, and strokes. More than half of participants at elevated risk of heart failure had high blood pressure, and half were overweight or had obesity. As you might remember, the calculator drew attention earlier this year for its potential to reduce the number of Americans who are eligible to receive widely-prescribed cholesterol-lowering statins. But fewer people discussed the addition of heart failure to the list of conditions that it estimated. Read more from STAT’s Liz Cooney on the new data and how it could shape new guidelines on statin use. https://www.statnews.com/2024/12/16/heart-failure-prevent-risk-model-cardiovascular-disease/?utm_campaign=morning_rounds&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8YEmYAbF-o70C0NyCsKILgFv3_lqrtSEbZLs-34cyTnKxqqH_X94nIN0-t5dUQ0XL7O6oNg7smRosiddvCugXaLc7j-Q&_hsmi=338888776&utm_content=338888776&utm_source=hs_email