Current algorithms for cardiovascular-risk prediction focus on identifying individuals who are at high short-term risk of experiencing a cardiovascular event. Drs Karmali and Lloyd-Jones advocate that lifetime-risk estimation should be used as an adjunct to 10 year risk prediction, to motivate individuals who have a low short-term, but substantial lifetime, risk (such as many women and young men) to adopt healthy, preventive behaviour.
- Kunal N. Karmali
- Donald M. Lloyd-Jones
