Daily Archives: July 17, 2015

New Canadian guideline for prevention and management of cardiovascular disease risk in primary care

17 Jul, 2015 | 19:23h | UTC

Toward Optimized Practice (TOP) introduces a new practice guideline: Prevention and Management of Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Primary Care. By removing lipid targets and targeting instead the overall cardiovascular risk of the given patient, the management of lipids and cardiovascular disease risk has been significantly simplified.

 

Some of the key points include:

 

– Screen for cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk beginning at age 40 for men and 50 for women, always using a risk calculator with every lipid measurement to access risk. Consider earlier screening for patients with known traditional cardiovascular risk factors, such as hypertension, family history of premature CVD, smoking and diabetes. Read more >

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