A team of British researchers have developed and validated a new cardiovascular disease risk algorithm (QRISK) that is suited to the UK population and performs as well as established algorithms.

So-called QRISK algorithms are already widely used to help clinicians spot at-risk patients, but the team behind QR4 – led by scientists at the University of Oxford – have layered in new ...

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At the end of the consultation, you will be given a ‘QRisk’ score, explaining your risk of a cardiac ‘event’ in the next 10 years. A (low) QRisk score of less than 10 per cent means that you have less ...

At the end of the consultation, you will be given a ‘QRisk’ score, explaining your risk of a cardiac ‘event’ in the next 10 years. This is worked out by a computer algorithm using the ...

Using this data set and information about the patient – such as their body mass index (BMI), their blood pressure, and where they live – QRISK calculates the risk of developing CVD in the next 10 ...

You can gauge your likelihood of experiencing a heart attack (and stroke) using a risk calculator like qrisk.org, as well as understanding how mitigating factors - such as quitting smoking or ...

You can estimate your chances of having a heart attack (and stroke) using a risk calculator such as qrisk.org, as well as seeing how mitigating factors — like giving up smoking or taking a ...

You can gauge your likelihood of experiencing a heart attack (and stroke) using a risk calculator like qrisk.org, and see how mitigating factors - such as quitting smoking or taking a statin ...