November 18th, 2013
Controversy Erupts Over Accuracy of Cardiovascular Risk Calculator for Guidelines
Larry Husten, PHD
In the face of a highly critical story in the New York Times by Gina Kolata about the new cardiovascular guidelines, authors of the guidelines and leaders of the American Heart Association (AHA) and the American College of Cardiology (ACC) defended the value and integrity of the guidelines. The Times story claims that the cardiovascular risk calculator used to assess individual risk in the new guidelines is deeply […]
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