January 27th, 2015
Can Precision Medicine Do Better Than Precision Weather?
Larry Husten, PHD
Larry Husten asks the question, “Is the human body simpler than the weather?”
October 27th, 2014
Traditional CVD Risk Factors Mediate Between Lifestyle Factors and Cardiovascular Risk in Women
Harlan M. Krumholz, MD, SM
Nina Paynter discusses her case-cohort study comparing lifestyle-based with traditional cardiovascular disease prediction among women in the Women’s Health Initiative Observational Study.
May 21st, 2014
The Risk-Prediction Conundrum: Individual Risk vs. Population Risk
John W McEvoy, MB BCh BAO
John W. McEvoy discusses his recent review article about how to interpret cardiac risk for an individual patient when risk estimates are more accurate for populations of patients.
November 7th, 2012
Risk Prediction and Translation to Clinical Practice
Amit Shah, MD, MSCR
Are we focusing too much on risk prediction of CVD? Or not enough?
NEJM Journal Watch — Recent Cardiology Articles- Sex-Based Disparity in CABG Outcomes: Are We Moving Toward Parity?
- Can Genetic and Social Risk Scores Improve Cardiac Risk Prediction?
- Extensive Ablation vs. Pulmonary Vein Isolation in Persistent Atrial Fibrillation
- Can a Novel Stent Design Improve Long-Term Outcomes of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention?
- Are Angiographically-Derived Coronary Physiology Measurements Ready for Use in the Cath Lab?