Global Cardiac Risk Assessment
A global cardiac risk assessment is used in apparently healthy people to determine their future risk of suffering a heart attack or stroke. For example, you may have a strong family history of heart disease and are worried about your risk of developing heart disease. Because the risk of having a cardiovascular event is largely dependent on a number of risk factors, risk calculators have been developed to classify your risk as low, intermediate, high or very high. There are a number of risk calculators available online including SCORE, ASCVD and QRISK3. Global cardiac risk assessments can be performed in conjunction with CT coronary calcium scores to improve risk assessment.
“My utmost priority is to provide the highest quality and most up-to-date cardiovascular care to all my patients. I aim to achieve this using a holistic approach in a personable and empathetic atmosphere, while taking into consideration each individual patient’s own wishes and hopes for their medical care.”
