Reframing Framingham: New evidence prompts another look at cardiovascular risk algorithms
Significant effort is focused on improving precision of the risk-scoring system based on Framingham Heart Study data.
By Victoria Stagg Elliott, AMNews staff. Dec. 1, 2008.
The Framingham Risk Score, the crystal ball that helps physicians determine who is most and least in need of intervention to reduce the chance of a heart attack, is the subject of increasing debate over how to make it more accurate.
"We are humbled when patients at low risk have events, and we know that the sensitivity of the score is a problem," said James De Lemos, MD, a cardiologist and associate professor of medicine at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas./.../
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